AKHILESH AND DIMPLE YADAV RAISE CONCERNS OVER WOMEN'S RESERVATION BILL

The Women's Reservation Bill, recently introduced in the Parliament, has sparked a series of critical remarks from Samajwadi Party leaders Akhilesh and Dimple Yadav, despite the party showcasing a supportive stance on the matter.

- CHANDRAMANI SHUKLA

Akhilesh Yadav, the president of the Samajwadi Party, has labelled the bill as "halfbaked" and accused the BJP government of initiating its term with a "great lie." In a post on social media, Yadav argued that the implementation of the bill is impractical without a prior census and delimitation, a process that would take several years. He emphasised that the BJP government neither supports a general census nor a caste-based census, both of which are crucial for the feasible execution of women's reservation. Calling the bill a mockery of the serious issue of women's reservation, he asserted that women would express their disagreement through their vote