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PM Modi's Address To Nation: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday addressed the nation on the defeat of the 131st Constitutional Amendment Bill, accusing Congress, DMK, TMC and Samajwadi Party of 'foeticide'.

The CAB, seeking amendment to Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam 2023, stipulated the implementation of 33 per cent reservation for women in legislatures across the country by the 2029 general elections. It was linked with two other bills, which were withdrawn by the Centre after the CAB was defeated.

What did PM say in the address to the nation?

Here are the top quotes by PM Modi in his address to the nation

  • The Prime Minister started his address by seeking forgiveness for the defeated women's quota bill. "I seek forgiveness from all women of the country: PM Modi on bill related to women's reservation getting defeated in Lok Sabha," he said.
  • Hitting out at the Opposition, PM Modi said that the selfish interests of the Opposition stalled the bill. "Fight for empowering India's women has been stalled due to selfish politics of opposition parties," said the PM, adding, "India's women saw how parties like Congress, TMC and DMK celebrated their selfish politics against our women's power."

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  • "Bill on reservation was aimed to give wings to our women's power, without snatching anything from anyone," PM Modi said.
  • PM Modi accused the key Opposition parties, saying, "Parties like Congress, DMK, TMC and Samajwadi Party have committed foeticide by defeating the bill on women's reservation."
  • The Prime Minister also slammed Congress for allegedly spreading a divisive narrative on delimitation. "Congress has always believed in the politics of dividing people, so they spread falsehood about the North-South divide."
  • PM Modi also called Congress an 'anti-reform party', saying, "It has always opposed all attempts for nation-building, betterment of our country."
  • "Congress has always spread falsehoods about necessary reforms, delayed every reform, while it ruled," PM Modi added.

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  • Expressing disappointment over the failure of the bill, PM said, "These parties also insulted the sentiments of the framers of the Constitution, and they will not be spared by the people's punishment for this. The Nari Shakti Vandan Amendment was not about taking anything away from anyone, but about giving something to everyone... It was about giving women the rights that had been pending for 40 years, in the next elections in 2029... It was a 'Maha Yagya' to remove obstacles from their path... The Nari Shakti Vandan Amendment is the need of the hour..."
  • The prime minister also asserted that while NDA does not have the numbers to get the bill passed, the fight would continue till the "women get their rightful representation."

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