Kolkata, April 19 -- Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Sunday slammed Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the wider opposition on Sunday, declaring that their role in defeating the Women's Reservation Bill marks the "beginning of the end" for the Mamata Banerjee-led government in West Bengal ahead of the polls.

Speaking in Kolkata, Rijiju framed the legislative failure in New Delhi as a direct assault on the rights of women in the East, suggesting that the electorate would deliver a "bad consequence" to those who blocked the landmark reform.

Rijiju clarified the government's intent behind the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill 2026, which sought to overhaul the 2023 Act by delinking the quota from the next census and expanding th...