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She also urged Modi to address the nation from Parliament instead of Doordarshan, saying his televised remarks were "cowardly, hypocritical and fork-tongued".

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.

Congress staged a protest in New Delhi demanding immediate implementation of women's reservation. Party leaders accused the Modi government of deliberately delaying the quota for political reasons. They called for reservation on the current 543 Lok Sabha seats. The Congress highlighted that the bill was passed in 2023 but linked to census and delimitation, causing postponement.

PM Modi accused the TMC of betraying the women of the country by not supporting a constitutional amendment for women's reservation in Parliament.

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."

Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused the Trinamool Congress of betraying women by blocking a bill for 33% reservation in Parliament and state assemblies. He asserted that women voters in West Bengal would punish the TMC in the upcoming assembly polls for opposing women's empowerment.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused Trinamool Congress and Congress of conspiring to block the Women's Reservation Bill in Parliament. He stated that West Bengal's women will punish TMC for betraying them. West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee refuted the claims, stating TMC champions women's representation and opposes the delimitation exercise linked to the bill.

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.

The party president also accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of being "anti-women in both action and attitude."

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.