Parliament Special Session Highlights | Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha adjourned sine die

Parliament Special Session Live | Third day of special session set to begin at 11 am

Parliament Special Session Live | NDA fails to secure votes for women's reservation bill

The Constitution amendment bill on delimitation for early implementation of 33 per cent women’s quota was defeated in Lok Sabha as the NDA failed to win the majority two-thirds vote in the Lok Sabha. The NDA won 298 votes, falling short of 54, against the Opposition which bagged 230 votes. Congress MP Rahul Gandhi said after the voting that the INDIA bloc has "defeated an attack on the constitution."

Parliament Special Session Live | Fortunately, the women were spared: Congress Udit Raj on defeat of delimitation bill

"Since 2014, ever since they came to power, this is the first time they have had to face defeat... not everyone is a fool... Consequently, their Bill has now fallen through... the deception they were planning to perpetrate against women and the OBC community; fortunately, the women were spared," Congress leader Udit Raj told ANI.

Parliament Special Session Live | The Bill was an important step towards women empowerment: BJP leader Dilip Ghosh

"The Bill was an important step towards women empowerment. We wanted the support of all the parties and people, but some did not support it," BJP leader Dilip Ghosh told reporters.

Parliament Special Session Live | Congress denied India a historic step towards women's empowerment: Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said the Congress party blocking the Women's Reservation Bill had denied India a "historic step towards women's empowerment."

A Constitution Amendment Bill to implement reservation for women in legislative bodies in 2029 and increase the number of Lok Sabha seats was defeated on Friday in the Lower House of Parliament.

The bill intended to provide 33 per cent reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and state Assemblies.

While 298 members voted in support of the Bill, 230 MPs voted against it.

Out of 528 members who voted, the bill required 352 votes for a two-thirds majority.

"By blocking the Women's Reservation Bill, the Congress-led opposition has denied India a historic step toward women's empowerment," said Naidu in a social media post late on Friday.

(PTI)

Parliament Special Session Live | Defeating women's reservation bill rendered justice neither to South India nor women: YSRCP chief Jagan Reddy

YSRCP supremo YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has said the women's reservation bill losing out in the Lok Sabha ended up rendering justice neither to South India nor women.

A Constitution Amendment Bill to implement reservation for women in legislatures in 2029 and increase the number of seats of the Lok Sabha was defeated on Friday in the Lower House on Friday.

"Opposing parties should seriously question themselves; what have they achieved.... justice is rendered neither to the south nor the women!" the former Andhra CM said on Friday in a post on X.

While the reality is that the number of Lok Sabha seats would come down for South India in the Parliament (through delimitation), he decried that the "women's reservation bill has been postponed."

"If the 2026 census were to come, the situation would be worse off for the south, further penalised for bringing (sic) discipline in the matters of family planning," he added.

Meanwhile, Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee president YS Sharmila asserted that the "illegitimate law" (delimitation) cunningly laced under the garb of women's reservation in legislative bodies has "collapsed".

"BJP's evil plan under the garb of women's reservation did not pass. The conspiracy to use women as the pretext to legitimise illegal laws could not stand," Sharmila said in a Congress press release.

(PTI)

Parliament Special Session Live | 'Congress will continue to protect democracy'

Parliament Special Session Live | Their agenda to link the women's reservation with the delimitation failed: Congress MP KC Venugopal

Parliament Special Session Live | Proceedings of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha begin

Parliament Special Session Live | Lok Sabha adjourned sine die

Parliament Special Session Live | Rajya Sabha adjourned sine die