New Delhi, Aug. 8 -- Union Minister Kiren Rijiju has hit back at Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi for once again backing away from unconditional support to Women's Reservation Bill and questioning its link to the Delimitation bill. Rijiju in his latest post on X gave strong reasons for why the two bills have been linked by the Union Government.

"Rahul Ji, you know it very well that: 1. The reservation of seats for women in the House of the People and Legislative Assembly of the State is provided in the Constitution (106th Amendment) Act, 2023 (Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam). 2. It shall come into effect:-- (a)After an exercise of delimitation is undertaken, (b)Based on the census figures published after the year 2023, which means the census fig...