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‘Participate if you have moral courage’: Yogi dares Opposition over women’s reservation debate in UP Assembly

The Indian Express·Maulshree Seth·about 1 month ago
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Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Thursday tabled a resolution in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly seeking a five-hour discussion on women’s empowerment while flagging “hurdles” in the path of women’s reservation, triggering sharp exchanges between the Treasury and Opposition benches during the one-day special session as both referred to each other as “anti-women”. The Uttar Pradesh Assembly took up the resolution on women’s empowerment, calling for a discussion to identify and address hurdles to ensure adequate representation of women in line with constitutional ideals. Moved under Rule 103, the resolution states that while the Constitution guarantees gender equality, women have yet to achieve their due place as envisaged by its spirit, despite increased participation across sectors during the NDA government’s tenure.…

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