India, April 11 -- The Congress on Friday alleged that the Modi Government's "U-turn" on implementing the women's reservation law is aimed at covering up its "monumental failures" in governance and "severe setbacks" to foreign policy.

The Opposition party claimed that the PM owes an "apology" to the women of India as he did not accept the Congress's demand of implementing the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, 2023, from the 2024 polls itself.

Congress general secretary in-charge communications, Jairam Ramesh, said the prime minister has started writing articles in the media, trying to project himself as the sole champion of women's reservation in Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha from 2029 onwards.

"Actually, he owes an apology to the women of In...