Vijayawada, April 23 -- Union Minister of State for Steel Bhupathi Raju Srinivas Varma on Thursday said the Modi government remains committed to ensuring adequate representation for women in legislative bodies.

Speaking with ANI, he stated that political reservation for women was an important promise. However, in the past during the rule of Congress-led UP, "meaningless excuses" were given to prevent women from entering legislatures.

He slammed the opposition parties for defeat of Women's Reservation Amendment Bill in Lok Sabha, which was aimed at implementing women's reservation from 2029 Lok Sabha polls. He said Women's Reservation Bill was passed in Parliament in 2023 during the rule of Modi government.

He said that women across the...