LUCKNOW, April 17 -- Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati on Friday targeted the Congress and the Samajwadi Party (SP), likening them to a "chameleon" over their shifting positions on the Women's Reservation Bill.

In a post on X, she alleged that the Congress "changes its colours like a chameleon" and is now speaking about SC, ST and OBC representation in women's reservation despite failing to safeguard their constitutional rights when in power.

She said the Congress did not take concrete steps to ensure reservation quotas for these communities in jobs or education, and also failed to implement the 27% OBC reservation recommended by the Mandal Commission, which was eventually enforced during the tenure of former Prime Minister V...