{"id":37617,"date":"2026-05-29T09:55:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T09:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/?p=37617"},"modified":"2026-05-29T09:55:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T09:55:36","slug":"womens-reservation-wont-have-to-wait-for-long-law-minister-meghwal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/womens-reservation-wont-have-to-wait-for-long-law-minister-meghwal\/","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s Reservation Won\u2019t Have To Wait For Long: Law Minister Meghwal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI, May 29: Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal has said that the women\u2019s quota law providing 33 per cent reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies \u201cwon\u2019t have to wait for long\u201d, as he indicated that it would be in place before the 2029 parliamentary polls.<br \/>\nIn an exclusive interview with PTI on Thursday, the law minister also said that a lot of things will happen before the next Lok Sabha elections.<br \/>\n\u201cTherefore, we will not let the Nari Shakti Vandan wait for long. The country also does not want the Nari Shakti Vandan (women\u2019s reservation law) to wait for long,\u201d he asserted.<br \/>\nMeghwal was asked about the future plan of the government as an amendment to the 2023 women\u2019s quota law was defeated in the Lok Sabha in April.<br \/>\nThe Constitution amendment bill sought to increase the number of Lok Sabha seats from the present 543 to a maximum of 850 before the next parliamentary polls in 2029.<br \/>\nMeghwal also clarified that the 2023 law was brought into force on April 16 as it was necessary because an Act can only be amended after it comes into force. He said \u201cif the law is not in force, what will you amend?\u201d To a poser on demands for equitable representation for all states, from north to south, in the Lok Sabha in the delimitation exercise, the Union minister said the government brought a delimitation bill along with a Constitution amendment so that the women\u2019s quota law is implemented.<br \/>\nBut the opposition gave its \u201cfallacious reasoning\u201d and the Constitution amendment bill could not be passed in the Lok Sabha on April 17 as the government lacked a two-thirds majority in the House.The government, Meghwal said, tried to convince the opposition that delimitation was not possible in 2026 and there was a condition that to implement the quota law, census and then a delimitation exercise were must. On April 17, during an extended sitting of Parliament, the Constitution amendment bill to implement reservation for women in legislatures in 2029 and increase the number of seats in the Lok Sabha was defeated in the Lower House, with 298 members voting in support of the bill, and 230 MPs voting against it. Out of the 528 members who voted, the bill required 352 votes for a two-thirds majority.<br \/>\nAccording to the bill, Lok Sabha seats were to be increased to a maximum of 850 from the current 543 to \u201coperationalise\u201d the women\u2019s reservation law before the 2029 Lok Sabha polls, following a delimitation exercise based on the 2011 Census.<br \/>\nSeats were also to be increased in states and Union Territory assemblies to accommodate 33 per cent reservation for women.<br \/>\nA day after the bill was defeated, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation in which he warned the Congress and its allies that the women of India will \u201cseverely\u201d punish them for \u201cthe sin of foeticide\u201d after they \u201ckilled\u201d the bill on women\u2019s quota.<br \/>\nModi also apologised to women, and said the government may have lost the vote but it will never give up its efforts to empower them.<br \/>\n\u201cWe may not have got the necessary 66 per cent votes for the passage of the bill yesterday, but we have got 100 per cent blessings of \u2018Nari Shakti\u2019,\u201d Modi said. He also said the opposition parties \u201cmercilessly crushed\u201d the dreams of women by not allowing the bill to pass in Parliament despite the government\u2019s best efforts.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37618\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37618\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-37618\" src=\"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11388023190176397292-300x157.jpeg\" alt=\"Women\u2019s Reservation Won\u2019t Have To Wait For Long: Law Minister Meghwal\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11388023190176397292-300x157.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11388023190176397292-768x401.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11388023190176397292-549x287.jpeg 549w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11388023190176397292-470x245.jpeg 470w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11388023190176397292-233x122.jpeg 233w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11388023190176397292-230x120.jpeg 230w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11388023190176397292-360x188.jpeg 360w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11388023190176397292-100x52.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11388023190176397292.jpeg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37618\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Women\u2019s Reservation Won\u2019t Have To Wait For Long: Law Minister Meghwal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI, May 29: Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal has said that the women\u2019s quota law providing 33 per cent reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies \u201cwon\u2019t have to wait for long\u201d, as he indicated that it would be in place before the 2029 parliamentary polls. 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