Erode, April 19 -- Union Home minister Amit Shah on Sunday lashed out at the Congress and DMK for voting against the Women's Reservation amendment Bill in the Lok Sabha, accusing them of "betraying" women from getting the quota in Parliament and state Assemblies.
However, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government would not allow the "conspiracy" to succeed and ensure justice for the women of the country, he said.
Addressing a roadshow here in support of his party's Modakurichi candidate for the April 23 Assembly polls, Kirthika Shivkumar, the senior BJP leader, also expressed confidence of the NDA forming a government under the leadership of AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami in the state post the polls.
"The Congress and DMK have certainly deprived sisters and mothers across the country, in Tamil Nadu (of reservation) in Parliament and Assemblies. There was a chance for 50 per cent (Lok Sabha) seat increase for Tamil Nadu. But they have conspired to reduce Tamil Nadu's seats by insisting on their increase based on 2026 census."
"But on behalf of PM Narendra Modi, I want to assure the people of Tamil Nadu that we will not allow this conspiracy of the Congress and DMK to succeed. We will definitely ensure justice for the people of Tamil Nadu, the women of Tamil Nadu," Shah said.
He also hit out at the ruling DMK's first family for "dynastic politics."
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