Chandigarh, April 23 -- With the Haryana cabinet on Wednesday announcing a special session of the state assembly on April 27, the controversy over women's reservation and Congress-led opposition parties blocking the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026, which sought to expand Lok Sabha seats is set to dominate the one-day proceedings, it has emerged. The Nayab Singh Saini-led BJP government will also introduce the Haryana Clerical Services Bill, 2026, even as the special session is primarily aimed at politically "exposing" the Congress for blocking amendments linked to implementing the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam in the Lok Sabha, official sources said. The Cabinet meeting held in Gurugram under the chairmanship of chief minister Nayab Singh Saini decided to convene the special session and also gave its nod to introduce the Bill to facilitate promotions of Group-D employees. Top government sources say that apart from legislative business, the session's main focus will remain on a censure motion the government will introduce against the opposition to "expose" the Congress and its allies for blocking the women quota related amendment bill in the Lok Sabha. In a related development, Haryana Vidhan Sabha speaker Harvinder Kalyan called on governor Ashim Kumar Ghosh and apprised him about the Cabinet meeting's decision to hold a special session on April 27. "Speaker Kalyan held discussions on the likely agenda of the session, which is expected to include important legislative and policy matters concerning the state. The session is expected to deliberate on key issues related to development, governance reforms, and public interest," an official spokesperson said. Speaker Kalyan has issued directions to the concerned officers and staff of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha Secretariat to put in place the necessary arrangements for the special session. Meanwhile, addressing a press conference after the Cabinet meeting, Saini hit out at the opposition political parties for voting against the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026, which sought to increase the Lok Sabha strength and was a move to advance women's reservation to the 2029 election cycle. The legislation was defeated after a united opposition blocked it, citing concerns over the Bill's linkage to a new delimitation exercise and the expansion of Lok Sabha seats to 850. Though, the CM did not categorically say that a special session of the assembly was being convened to discuss Congress' role in stalling the constitution amendment bill, Saini said opposing Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam "exposed the opposition" and that it was an insult to women's power. "Everyone witnessed how opposition parties in the Lok Sabha tried to hinder the progress of India's women and crushed their aspirations," Saini said, pointing out that what happened in the Lok Sabha "exposed" the true face of Congress and its allies before the nation. "These parties have once again proved that when it comes to granting rights to women, their real character is anti-women and power-hungry. The opposition's narrow mindset towards women has been revealed as they want to confine women within four walls," Saini said. Asking why Congress and other opposition parties always considered women weak, Saini said the opposition was spreading lies and trying to mislead people. Stating that the opposition fears losing political relevance if women are empowered, Saini said the opposition is not serving the country but creating problems....