Congress's Kapil Sibal hits out Modi government, says 'Women reservation benefit only possible in 2034'
Exciting news! Mint is now on WhatsApp Channels :rocket: Subscribe today by clicking the link and stay updated with the latest financial insights! Click here Commenting about Bidhuri's remarks, Sibal said the BJP MP must be "expelled" from parliament. "I have not seen this in my 30-year-long career in parliament. Never seen such foul language, such venom and I was even surprised and shocked by the person presiding, who said I would look at the record and then delete it.
I just don't understand this," Sibal said. ALSO READ: Rahul Gandhi says ‘Women's Reservation Bill is great but a distraction as…’ People like this should be expelled from Parliament, Sibal said, on Bidhuri. "Imagine if a member of that (of Danish Ali's) community had done a similar thing, what would have happened and what the presiding officer would have done," Sibal said.
"That is the kind of venom we have built in the society, that people of a particular community can say anything and get away with it," said Sibal. On the women's reservation bill, Sibal said he doubts the government was genuine in wanting to pass the bill immediately. "Had they been genuine in 2014, it would have been done," he said.
On being asked when the bill could come into effect, Sibal said, "Not in 2029. I will tell you why. The last delimitation was done in 1976… then we had the 84th constitutional amendment which said that we will have a freeze on delimitation.
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