Farmers Movement Archive

CPI leader assails Modi for failing to pass women’s reservation bill

Tirupur: A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused opposition parties including DMK, Congress and the Left for their ‘anti-women’ mindset, CPI general secretary D Raja on Wednesday questioned him for not passing the women’s reservation bill in Parliament.Speaking to reporters in Tirupur, Raja said that if the PM is really concerned about empowerment of women as he proclaims, he should have passed the women reservation bill that proposes 33% reservation for women in Parliament and state assemblies as his party enjoys majority in Parliament. “When he can pass anti-farm laws with huge support in Parliament, why can’t he pass the women reservation bill, which has been pending for a long time?”“A woman was brutally raped in Hathras and her body was forcibly cremated by police. Why did the PM fail to raise his voice for the victim or speak anything about the incident? He is just pretending that he cares for women,” Raja said.Referring to Modi’s speech in Dharapuram in Tirupur district on Tuesday, the Left leader said that the development that the PM mentions in his speech is not of the public or the country, but of the corporates. “It is in his tenure the gross domestic product and value of rupee witnessed a sharp drop and unemployment touched the peak.”Speaking about AIADMK, Raja said that the ruling party failed to safeguard the rights of the state. “It is no longer safe to leave the state in their hands. That’s why the DMK alliance will get a massive victory in the assembly election,” he added.

The Times of India

2021-04-01

Coimbatore