Adityanath leads march against defeat of women quota bill, slams Cong & SP for ‘anti-women’ stance

Lucknow, April 21: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday claimed that by opposing the Constitution amendment bill to implement women’s quota, the Congress and the SP “misused” the option given to them by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to shed their “anti-women image”.
He made the remarks after participating in the ‘Jan Aakrosh Mahila Padyatra’ here to protest against the Opposition’s obstruction of the bill.
Thousands of women marched from the chief minister’s 5 Kalidas Marg residence to the Vidhan Bhavan via Civil Hospital.
Adityanath led the march along with Union minister and Uttar Pradesh BJP chief Pankaj Chaudhary, deputy chief ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak, leaders of allied parties, members of the cabinet and office bearers of various BJP units.
“In protest against this injustice, women across the country have taken to the streets in a democratic manner to express their anger. Despite the intense heat in Lucknow, the participation of thousands of women reflected widespread public support and blessings for the policies of the prime minister,” the chief minister said.
The government’s Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill to implement women’s quota and increase the number of Lok Sabha seats to 816 was defeated in the Lower House last Friday.
Addressing party workers outside the Uttar Pradesh legislative building, Adityanath said, “Be it the Congress or the Samajwadi Party, their face is undemocratic, their deeds are anti-women. They tried to misuse the option given to them by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to shed their anti-women image.” “Hence, the ‘aadhee abadee’ (women) is staging protests on the streets across the country against the Congress and its allies,” he added.
Adityanath also said the march symbolises the resentment among women against the “anti-women” attitude of the Congress, Samajwadi Party, TMC and the DMK. (PTI)