LUCKNOW, April 26 -- Congress leaders on Sunday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of playing politics over women's reservation at a seminar organised by the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee on 'The Women's Reservation Act: Respect or Deception?'

"While PM Narendra Modi speaks of respecting women, three individuals associated with the BJP raped a student at BHU on November 1, 2023. Arrests were made 60 days after the incident, on December 31, 2023. Until then, they were actively campaigning for the BJP in Madhya Pradesh. Such a heinous crime was committed in the PM's parliamentary constituency," state Congress president Ajay Rai said.

Congress Legislative Party leader Aradhana Mishra said, "Will the BJP dare to make a woman as par...