Women's Reservation Bill: Siddaramaiah accuses BJP of putting snags in execution

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has accused the BJP of putting obstacles such as delimitation in implementing the Womens Reservation Bill Alleging that the BJP has displayed its hypocrisy by putting barriers like delimitation the chief minister said This bill was a fraud done to womenThe bill named Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam was passed in the Lok Sabha on September 20 and was cleared by the Rajya Sabha a day later The bill will grant reservations to women on onethird of seats in Lok Sabha and state assembliesUnion Home Minister Amit Shah brushed aside apprehensions of a delay in the implementation of the proposed law and asserted that the next government will conduct a census and delimitation exercise soon after the elections setting in motion the process to make womens reservation a realityShah indicated that womens reservations will become a reality after 2029Addressing a seminar on Womens Reservation organised by Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Samata Vidyalaya Karnataka State Federation of Backward Castes andKarnataka Exploited Communities Federation at Gandhi Bhavan on Saturday Siddaramaiah doubted the implementation of the bill in the near futureThe BJP has shown its hypocrisy by putting a barrier of delimitation and census for womens reservation bill fixing its lifespan The implementation of the bill may not happen anytime soon because of this reason Siddaramaiah saidIf the BJP had a sincere concern to give reservation to women it would not have put up so many obstacles he saidThe Central government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has fixed an expiration date of 15 years for the womens reservation bill The validity of the bill is 15 years from the date of its enactment That means the bill has been implemented It has only 15 more years to live the chief minister chargedAccording to him the Centre has put two obstacles census and delimitation and it will take 15 years to overcome these obstacles Thus the lifetime of this bill would be expired before its implementationThe Prime Minister had earlier said in his speech that God had sent him to implement reservation for women but this is a fraud done to women the chief minister chargedThis reservation for women which is said to have been implemented by Modi will not be implemented even in 2024 It will not be implemented in 2029 either It will not come into effect even in 2034 By then the purpose of the bill will be over Siddaramaiah saidDont falsely believe that womens reservation has been implemented and give false applause We still have to continue to fight for womens reservation and social justice he saidSiddaramaiah pointed out that the womens reservation bill was drafted by Congress as it has always been in favour of womens reservation and social justice The chief minister also favoured reservation for backwardclass women in the bill besides enhancing the quota for women up to 50 per cent in place of 33 per centThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever