Lucknow,

05 May (HS): SP president Akhilesh Yadav asked on Tuesday that the government

promptly declare the adoption of women's quotas in the 2027 Uttar Pradesh

Assembly elections. The former chief minister urged the governing BJP at the

Centre to either agree to the 2027 deadline or publicly recognize that it is

against women's interests. The PDA (Pichda, Dalit, Alpasankhyak) requests that

the BJP government quickly adopt women's reservation (law), which the whole

Opposition unanimously and cheerfully passed in Parliament, in the 2027 UP

Assembly elections. Otherwise, they (BJP) should claim that male-chauvinist BJP

members and their feudal cronies oppose women's reservations, Yadav asked. The

SP leader stated that if the government remained mute on the matter, his party

would launch a prolonged campaign.

Until

this declaration is made, we will continue to highlight this issue every week

in various venues, he stated. Yadav also shared a video of Prime Minister

Narendra Modi accusing the Samajwadi Party of blocking women's reservations in

Parliament. The SP's demand is part of his party's bigger 'PDA' plan, which

aims to consolidate the backward, Dalit, and minority vote banks ahead of the

important 2027 state elections. By connecting women's reservation to the

impending assembly elections, the SP hopes to put pressure on the BJP's

women-centric government promises.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi