Indian women and women’s organisations have waged a long struggle over the demand for women’s reservation in Parliament and state legislatures. Brinda Karat, former Rajya Sabha MP and a significant figure in India’s women’s movement, says that the BJP has presented a bill in Parliament that promises women’s reservation but lacks the most crucial detail – when will this reservation be implemented? According to Karat, the more critical issue is that the Modi government has deferred this reservation until after the next census and delimitation exercise.
Courtesy: Newsclick