Lucknow, May 1 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said if the Samajwadi Party and the Congress have moral courage, they should participate in discussions during the special session of the state assembly, and apologise for not supporting a bill in the Lok Sabha that would have led to implementation of the Women's Reservation Law. Speaking to reporters before the one-day special assembly session, Adityanath said that a detailed discussion would be held on various issues, including the Narendra Modi government's introduction of the Constitution Amendment Bill for implementation of the Women's Reservation Law in the Lok Sabha, and the resistance meted out to it by opposition parties such as the Samajwadi Party and the Congress. "I appeal to all members of the legislature party to participate in this discussion. If the Samajwadi Party and the Congress have moral courage, they should take part in the discussion and clarify why they did not support the Constitution Amendment Bill." Adityanath further said, "If members of the Samajwadi Party and the Congress feel that their leaders were wrong, it is their responsibility to apologise, or support the condemnation motion." Accusing the Samajwadi Party of being a "habitually anti-women party that changes colours like a chameleon," he claimed that during its rule, there was a common saying that "daughters shudder when they see a Samajwadi Party member." "The country was aware of the anti-women conduct of the Samajwadi Party and the Congress, but they had an opportunity to remove this blot from their image by supporting the amendment to the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam. But they have missed that opportunity," the chief minister said. He further alleged that the Congress, Samajwadi Party and the INDIA bloc are consistently attempting to ensure that the Women's Reservation Amendment Act is not implemented under any circumstances. Samajwadi Party members staged a protest in Uttar Pradesh Assembly premises on Thursday, accusing the BJP of misleading the people on the issue of women's reservation. The protest came ahead of the special one-day session of the assembly on the issue of women's empowerment. Holding banners that read 'Implement 33% Women's Reservation, the Samajwadi Party (SP) members staged the protest in front of the statue of Chaudhary Charan Singh. SP MLA Sangram Singh Yadav told reporters that the BJP is "misleading" the public in the name of women's reservation. He charged that the BJP is deliberately withholding the benefits of this legislation from women solely to facilitate the delimitation of constituencies according to its own preferences. "The BJP stands exposed on this issue. It has been anti-women from the very beginning. It is our leaders Dr Ram Manohar Lohia and Mulayam Singh Yadav who have always championed women's rights," he added. Participating in the protest, SP MLA Amitabh Bajpai demanded the immediate implementation of the women's reservation law, questioning why the BJP is failing to enforce a statute that was passed in 2023. He further demanded that the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the women's reservation law. Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council Lal Bihari Yadav asserted that the SP is a staunch proponent of women's reservation. "The women's reservation bill was passed by both Houses of Parliament back in 2023. We harbour no opposition whatsoever to women's reservation; rather, the BJP is the one misleading the public under the guise of women's empowerment," Yadav said. SP MLA Kamal Akhtar also questioned why the BJP is creating confusion regarding the issue, given that the women's reservation bill was unanimously passed by Parliament in 2023....