VARANASI, April 29 -- : Asserting that he would spare no effort in implementing 33% reservation for women, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that certain dynastic parties are apprehensive of "Nari Shakti" (women's power) and do not want to see women reach the legislative assemblies and Parliament.

"The Opposition fears that if women enter politics in large numbers, their traditional brand of politics will come to an end. Due to the actions of Opposition parties, this objective had previously remained unfulfilled," Modi said at the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam Abhivadan conference held at the Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW) ground in his parliamentary constituency Varanasi on the first day of his two-day visit. Over 50,000 women...