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Bengal CM Banerjee refuted PM Modi's accusation- raised in a Bishnupur rally and national address- that TMC "betrayed Bengal's women" by opposing the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, which fell in Lok Sabha on Friday.

PM Modi's sharpest barbs targeted the 'Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam's' Lok Sabha defeat on Friday (April 17)- 298 for, 230 against- amid bundled votes on delimitation and UT laws. He accused TMC and Congress of a "conspiracy" to block 33 per cent women's quota, which he had championed, fearing empowered women would dismantle their "Maha Jungle Raj."

PM Modi accused the TMC of conspiring with Congress to vote against the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, betraying women by preventing them from becoming MLAs and MPs in large numbers.

PM Modi is set to address the nation tonight at 8:30 PM. PM Modi is likely to speak on the issue of the Women's reservation bill which failed to pass in Parliament after the opposition blocked it. Two-thirds majority was required for the passage of the crucial bill.

The Women's Reservation Bill failed in the Lok Sabha after falling short of the required majority.

While the Centre has maintained that the proposed legislation was aimed at enabling 33 percent reservation for women in Parliament and state assemblies, the Opposition argued that linking it with delimitation was misleading and politically motivated.

HYDERABAD: A day after the delimitation-linked women's reservation bill failed to get two-thirds of the votes in Lok Sabha, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Sa

CONGRESS: Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday said the Modi govt must implement the women's reservation in legislatures in the existing Lok .

Mumbai, Apr 18 (PTI): Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Saturday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address to the nation after the defeat of the Women's Reservation Bill in the Lok Sabha is a strong rebuttal to the oppositio.

PM Modi in his address to the nation criticised the Opposition, particularly the Congress party, for allegedly spreading misinformation about the delimitation process and opposing women's reservation in Parliament., India News, Times Now