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NEW DELHI: Parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju<\/a> on Saturday targeted Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi<\/a> over his recent remarks on women\u2019s freedom of expression and challenged him to support the BJP-backed Women\u2019s Reservation Bill \u201cunconditionally\u201d.Rijiju\u2019s remarks came after Rahul Gandhi posted a video calling for greater freedom of expression for women and arguing that India cannot fully develop without women being able to express themselves freely.Responding to the senior Congress leader, Rijiju said Rahul Gandhi\u2019s message appeared to be a positive change and urged the Congress to support the Women\u2019s Reservation Bill without conditions.\u201cThis seems to be a positive message from the Congress Party. There’s a visible change of heart in Shri Rahul Gandhi Ji about the Women. Now, I hope the Congress Party will support the Women’s Reservation Bill unconditionally,\u201d the Union minister posted on X.The Congress and other opposition parties have supported the Women\u2019s Reservation Bill but have opposed linking its implementation to the delimitation exercise. The opposition has demanded that women\u2019s reservation be delinked from delimitation, which would determine the number of Lok Sabha seats.The Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, 2023, was passed by both Houses of Parliament. However, its implementation did not move forward after the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill failed to secure the required two-thirds majority of members present and voting in the Lok Sabha on April 17.The legislation provides for 33% reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and state legislative assemblies and links its implementation to delimitation.Earlier, Rahul said in a social media video that women in India should be given greater freedom to express themselves in all areas of life.He said, \u201cThe energy of India’s women is trapped. It is not allowed to express itself. It is not allowed to imagine. For me, no country can be successful if its women are not expressing themselves. And I think a lot of my politics, and a lot of what politics should be in this country, is about making people understand that our country is stunted and incomplete without the expression of women.\u201d<\/p>\n

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