Chennai, April 17 -- DMK MP Kanimozhi on Saturday slammed the BJP, saying that the party used women as a shield and tried to introduce the bill and do the exercise.

Her remarks come as the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill was defeated in the Lok Sabha on Friday. The Bill failed to achieve a 2/3 majority during voting in the House.

"The Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill was defeated in the Lok Sabha...Our CM was continuously opposing this unfair delimitation and wrote to all Chief Ministers...The BJP used women as a shield and tried to introduce the bill and do the exercise. All opposition parties stand united and defeated the bill, which is good news for the nation...AIADMK supported the bill and they have shown their stand to the ...