PRAYAGRAJ, April 18 -- Uttar Pradesh deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Saturday met BJP workers and office bearers at the Circuit House here before departing for Lucknow. Maurya arrived in Sangam city on Friday to attend the Nari Shakti Vandan Sammelan.

Interacting with party workers, he said that by voting against the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Eighth Amendment) Act, 2023 in the Lok Sabha, the Congress and Samajwadi Party made it clear that they did not support women's reservation in Parliament and state assemblies.

He said these parties were influenced by a "male-dominated mindset" and did not favour equal participation of women in national development. In contrast, he said, the BJP remained firmly committed to w...