New Delhi, Aug. 8 -- An exchange between Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju and Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi turned into a full-blown political skirmish on Saturday, with Rijiju insisting the Women's Reservation Bill cannot come into force before the 2034 general elections because it hinges on a delimitation exercise tied to post-2026 census data, and Gandhi firing back that the law was passed unanimously three years ago and should be implemented "without any conditions."

Their back-and-forth was triggered after a Rahul Gandhi video that had nothing to do with delimitation on its face. In it, he argued that India's politics should be built around bringing women's voices to the forefront.

He said, "The energ...