AAP's Pathak: Women's quota Bill was Rajiv Gandhi's idea

Sandeep Pathak (AAP): This is an idea that was introduced first by Rajiv Gandhi in 1987... It has taken over 35 years for this Bill to come and we were disappointed to see that this Bill is a betrayal, it is only an election jumla... this Bill has 3 parts - first for 33percent reservation, second for commencement which says first census will be done, then Delimitation will be done and then this Bill will be implemented. JO Nadda has also said this Bill will be implemented in 2029. So we don't know when really this will come into effect. The 3rd part is about rotation and that provision is also absolutely vague... the way this Bill was brought, with so much secrecy, is not correct.

Pathak: The only intention of the government is to divert attention from Adani issue and its other failures. They created this confusion over one nation, one election and now this Bill. They have neither prepared for this Bill now do they have the intention of implementing it. They want credit for passing the Bill but they don't want to implement it. What information will you get from census and Delimitation that will change how this reservation is implemented?

Pathak: no other earlier version of this Bill had this provision for census and Delimitation.

Pathak says BJP has no intention to implement the Bill because the party is divided on women reservation. He quotes past statements by Yogi Adityanath, Amit Malviya and other leaders who had resisted the Bill in the past and says this opposition to the Bill from within the BJP is the reason why the party only wants to take credit for passing the Bill but has no intention to see the reservation being rolled out.

Pathak: Beti/Naari Bachao is mere packaging by the BJP, when you open the packaging you get Brij Bhushan Singh.