Women's Reservation Bill FAILS in Lok Sabha? 🤔
The speaker clarifies that the Women's Reservation Bill already passed in 2023, but a recent delimitation bill disguised as women's reservation failed. This bill would have increased Lok Sabha seats to avoid politicians giving up their current positions and potentially allowed gerrymandering.
Summary
The speaker addresses misconceptions about a failed Women's Reservation Bill, explaining that the actual Women's Reservation Bill was already passed in 2023 with 4542 votes and no opposition. What actually failed was a delimitation bill that was disguised with a women's reservation mask. The speaker argues that the real purpose of this failed bill was to increase the number of Lok Sabha seats because current politicians don't want to give up their positions to accommodate women's reservation on the existing 543 seats. Instead, they proposed creating new seats and reserving those for women. The speaker highlights a more dangerous aspect of the failed bill - it would have given the government control over when and based on which census the delimitation should be conducted. When Lok Sabha seats increase, constituencies must be redrawn, and the government would have indirect power over determining exact constituency boundaries. The speaker accuses the government of political gerrymandering, citing examples from Assam and Jammu & Kashmir where political boundaries were allegedly redrawn to benefit the BJP. The speaker encourages viewers to research the term 'gerrymandering' and challenges the Prime Minister to explain why women's reservation cannot be implemented on the existing 543 seats.
Key Insights
- The Women's Reservation Bill was already passed in 2023 with 4542 votes and faced no opposition at that time
- The recently failed bill was actually a delimitation bill disguised with a women's reservation cover, with the real purpose of increasing Lok Sabha seats
- Politicians don't want to give up their current seats to accommodate women's reservation on existing 543 seats, so they proposed creating new seats instead
- The failed bill would have given the government dangerous control over when delimitation occurs and based on which census, along with indirect power over constituency boundaries
- The government has been accused of redrawing political boundaries in Assam and Jammu & Kashmir in ways that consistently benefit the BJP, which is called gerrymandering
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