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K Kavitha Hits Congress, BJP Over Women’s Quota Loss

April 18, 2026

New Delhi, April 18: In the aftermath of the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill’s defeat in the Lok Sabha, Telangana Jagruthi President K. Kavitha on Saturday blamed both the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), saying they are “playing a blame game” over the failure of the Women’s Reservation Bill. Kavitha said, “In the history of India, yesterday will be remembered as the black day for women empowerment in this nation.

Women Lose Out as Parties Trade Blame, Says Kavitha

” Holding both the ruling NDA alliance and the Opposition responsible, she added, “BJP is blaming the Congress, and the Congress is blaming the BJP. But the point is that the women of this nation have seriously lost out a very long fought battle.” “Women were a part of India’s freedom movement but they never happened to make in the same proportion into the Parliament or assemblies of the nation,” Kavitha said. She said in 2006, it was the Congress which “cheated the women”. “Now after 20 years, in 2026, the BJP has again cheated the women of the nation,” she alleged.

Kavitha Urges Women to Contest Despite Bill Setback

Terming the Bill’s failure as “unfortunate”, Kavitha said, “It is unfortunate that Women’s Reservation Bill is time and again being linked with either census, caste census or delimitation, or something or the other. But women are being blocked.” She appealed the women that despite the blow to the reservation attempt, they should contest the elections, without thinking about whether they will “win or not”. “I appeal to the women of the nation; we need to stand on our own feet and get empowered by ourselves. We need to come out and contest,” Kavitha said.

Mahua Moitra Alleges Delay in Women’s Quota Implementation

Meanwhile, Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra told reporters outside Parliament that the Women’s Reservation Bill was passed in 2023 and that “all opposition parties were of the view that the Bill will be implemented during 2024 Lok Sabha polls and women would be granted one-third of the 540 seats”. “But the BJP didn’t do that,” she alleged.

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