Women's reservation bill suits BJP politically, but opposes its ideology: Cong

The womens reservation bill suits the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP politically and gets them headlines but its implementation does not suit the partys Manuwadi ideology thought process based on contents of the Hindu text Manusmriti Congress leader Anuma Acharya said on Monday reported the PTIShe was speaking on the bill as part of the Congress decision to have 21 press conferences in 21 cities nationwide to expose the Narendra Modi government on the issueThe present bill will come into effect after carrying out Census and delimitation of parliamentary and Assembly constituencies which means it has been effectively postponed for 10 to 12 years she claimed according to the PTIIt means the bill suits the BJP politically and gets them headlines But the implementation of the bill does not suit their Manuwadi ideology Acharya a spokesperson of the party said as per the PTIShe said the Congress has always maintained that men of quality respect womens equality and had taken several initiatives to this endAccording to the news agency in the year 1989 the Congress brought a bill on 33 per cent reservation for women in panchayats which was passed in the Lok Sabha but was stalled by the BJP in the Upper House she claimedThe womens reservation bill was brought in by the Congressled UPA government in 2010 but it could not be implemented and Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in 2014 wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to pass it along with OBC quota but the NDA dispensation did nothing she addedIn Parliament Rahul Gandhi had said the provisions of the bill must come into force immediately Acharya saidAsked whether the Congress would earmark 30 per cent seats in the party organisation for women she pointed out that 40 per cent tickets in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls were given to womenAsked about the recent spat between India and Canada on the killing of Khalistan extremist Hardip Singh Nijjar in British Columbia there on June 18 the Congress leader said it was the first time India was being accused of carrying out such an actSince the matter is ongoing Acharya said she cant say much on itTensions flared between India and Canada following Prime Minister Justin Trudeaus explosive allegations of potential involvement of Indian agents in the killing of Khalistani extremist Hardeep Singh Nijjar 45 on his countrys soil on June 18 in British ColumbiaIndia had designated Nijjar as a terrorist in 2020India has angrily rejected the allegations as absurd and motivated and expelled a senior Canadian diplomat in a titfortat move to Ottawas expulsion of anIndian official over the case India last week asked Canada to crack down on terrorists and antiIndia elements operating from its soil and suspended visa services for CanadiansAcharya also slammed the Union government claiming it was holding a defence air show which takes place annually in Delhi on October 8 in Bhopal in pollbound Madhya Pradesh on September 30The defence forces are being misused Acharya a former Indian Air Force wing commander allegedwith PTI inputs