New Delhi, April 6 -- Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Monday said that the Modi government has done a U-turn on the Women's Reservation Bill to "divert attention from the grave economic crisis" and influence voters in five poll-bound states and said the government has woken up 30 months after Congress had demanded its immediate implementation.

In a post on X, Jairam Ramesh referred to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech in Assam in which he urged Congress not to do politics over the proposed bill to amend the Women's Reservation Act.

"In Assam today during the election campaign, the Prime Minister urged unanimous support for the women's reservation bill in the special session of Parliament. How much more bogus can he get? The Nari Sh...