LUCKNOW, May 1 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday hit out at the Opposition parties, including the Samajwadi Party, the Congress and other INDIA bloc partners like the DMK and the TMC, for opposing the Nari Shakti Vandan Amendment Bill in Parliament on April 17, accusing them of an "anti-women mindset" and changing their colours like chameleons.

Claiming that the Opposition used religious reservation as a base to deprive women of their rights, he underlined that there is no greater betrayal of the nation than this.

Speaking in the state assembly during the day-long special session on women's empowerment, the chief minister said, "By opposing the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam Amendment Bill, the Opposition attempted to obstruct...