Efforts to build consensus on women’s reservation: Kiren Rijiju speaks to Rahul Gandhi over the phone

Efforts to build consensus on women’s reservation: Kiren Rijiju speaks to Rahul Gandhi over the phone

Delhi: Amid the ongoing deadlock during the Monsoon Session of Parliament, a telephonic conversation between Union Minister Kiren Rijiju and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, has brought the issues of delimitation and the women’s reservation law back to the center of national debate. The government claims that advancing the delimitation process will pave the way for implementing women’s reservation, whereas the Congress maintains that the matter must first be discussed with the party and its allies. Against the backdrop of political confrontation, parliamentary uproar, and speculation regarding a potential special session, all eyes are now fixed on whether a consensus will emerge on this issue or if it will prove to be yet another chapter of political wrangling.