Ranchi, April 19 -- Jharkhand Congress leaders on Sunday accused the Central Government of linking women's reservation with delimitation for political gains and demanded immediate implementation of the law.
Addressing a press conference at the state Congress headquarters, state unit president Keshav Mahto Kamlesh said the government's intent was not to empower women but to use the issue for electoral advantage.
He said, "If the Centre is serious, it should implement the women's reservation law immediately and provide 33 per cent reservation in the existing 543 Lok Sabha seats."Kamlesh alleged that attempts were made to push delimitation based on the 2011 Census under the pretext of reservation and termed it a move affecting federal struct...