Bhubaneswar, May 2: The opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) announced on Friday that it will launch a ‘Women Rights Campaign’ from May 10 to 25 across all constituencies in the state. This initiative is aimed at protesting against the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) alleged anti-women policies and its failure to implement the Women’s Reservation Bill.
During a press conference held at the party headquarters, BJD leaders criticized the BJP for misleading the public by falsely accusing opposition parties of being anti-women regarding the Women’s Reservation Bill.
BJD leaders stated that although the Women’s Reservation Bill was passed in 2023, the BJP is merely pretending to support it rather than implementing it. Senior BJD leader and opposition whip, Pramila Malik, emphasized that the entire nation witnessed how the BJP called for a special session of Parliament and attempted to link the passage of the Women’s Reservation Bill with the delimitation bill.
She noted that after the bill failed in Parliament, the BJP is now calling special sessions in state assemblies to falsely accuse opposition parties. Malik highlighted that the BJP’s strategy of procrastination regarding the implementation of the already passed Women’s Reservation Bill has now been exposed to the public. All political parties, including the BJD, had supported the bill at the time of its passage in 2023 and continue to do so.
Malik accused the BJP of organizing public outrage rallies to present itself as a supporter of women while branding opposition parties as anti-women. She asserted that women across the country are well aware of the ground realities and cannot be misled.
She further claimed that the BJP is the only party unwilling to implement the Women’s Reservation Bill until the number of seats in Parliament and state assemblies increases, reflecting its male-dominated and anti-women mindset. To expose the BJP’s anti-women stance, the BJD will conduct the Women Rights Campaign from May 10 to 25.
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