New Delhi, April 17 -- Slamming the Congress and its allies for the defeat of a Constitution amendment bill in Lok Sabha, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said their mindset is neither in the interest of women, nor the country.
The bill which failed the LS test sought to implement a 33 per cent women's quota in legislative bodies before the 2029 Parliamentary polls.
"Rejecting the bill that would grant 33 per cent reservation to women, celebrating it, and raising victory cries over it was truly reprehensible and beyond imagination," Shah said in a message on X after the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill failed to secure a two-thirds majority in the Lower House on Friday night.
"How can anyone celebrate victory after deceiving ha...