New Delhi, April 17 -- Congress lawmaker Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of using the women's reservation issue to prepare ground for the 2029 general elections and questioned the government's intent to link the women's quota law with delimitation and the rush to push the proposed delimitation on the basis of 2011 census.

Taking part in a debate in the Lok Sabha on three bills introduced for amendments in the women's reservation law and setting up a delimitation commission, Priyanka Gandhi claimed Prime Minister Narendra Modi "cannot be trusted" and asserted that a caste census is important as women from the Other Backward Classes (OBC) also need to be given their due.

"As long as the ca...