Women reservation was our mission, our victory: Priyanka Gandhi terms the bill a Congress ideology triumph

Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra took a dig at the BJP government during the debate on the ongoing "Constitutional Amendment Bill 131 (2026)" in the Lok Sabha. He clarified that although Prime Minister Modi is trying to prove himself as the champion of this bill, in reality the concept of women empowerment and providing reservation is the religion of Congress. Referring to the political history of India, Priyanka Gandhi said that the foundation of equal rights for women was laid before independence. He said that it was in 1928 that Motilal Nehru included the rights of women in the list of fundamental rights. Under the presidency of Sardar Patel, the principle of 'one vote, one citizen' was adopted, thanks to which Indian women got the right to vote from day one. He reminded that this trend was started by giving 33% reservation to women in panchayats during the Congress era. "The BJP government should not forget that women got the right to vote from the first day of independence, while women in democracies like the US had to wait 150 years for this right. Priyanka Gandhi strongly criticized the current structure of the bill and the government's intention, raising several important questions: She accused the government of 'caste people'. Census' (caste genesis) is doing injustice to them. He questioned why the government wants to deprive the weaker sections based on the 2011 census? According to him, it is undemocratic to decide the fate of 140 crore people Immediate reservation can be given, instead of getting bogged down in the complicated process. He added that the bill "reeks of political expediency". He said that Rahul Gandhi had written a letter to the Prime Minister in 2019 asking for the bill, and today the government is using it as a weapon for its political gain.