Congress, allies supported women's reservation Bill out of compulsion, says PM Modi

PM Modi: Congress & allies in Ghamandia bloc supported Women's Reservation Bill reluctantly, will backtrack if given chance. Warned people of Madhya Pradesh of Congress' attempts to push the State back into BIMARU category. Urged women to remain alert & not let Congress divide them.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 25 said the Congress and its allies in the new “ghamandia” alliance supported the Women’s Reservation Bill in Parliament “reluctantly” as there was no way out and warned people that if given an opportunity, they will backtrack on it.

Addressing a massive gathering of BJP workers ‘Karyakarta Mahakumb’ in Bhopal in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh, the Prime Minister tore into the Congress, equating the party with “rusted iron” and alleging that it was outsourced to “urban Naxals” and is not run by leaders.

He said the Congress would push Madhya Pradesh back into the BIMARU (laggard) category if given an opportunity again.

The mega meet was organised on the birth anniversary of Jana Sangh co-founder Deendayal Upadhyaya to mark the formal culmination of the BJP’s ‘Jan Ashirwad Yatras’ that crisscrossed the length and breadth of the State.

“The Congress and its allies in the Ghamandia bloc supported the Women’s Reservation Bill out of compulsion and hesitation as they understood the power of nari shakti. Its passage became possible as ‘Modi hai to Mumkin hai’. Modi means the guarantee of fulfilling guarantees,” the PM said.

He slammed the Congress and its allies for not allowing the passage of this bill when they were in power.

If given an opportunity, the Congress will back out on this bill that seeks to provide 33% reservation to women in Parliament and State legislatures, he said.