00:00Your bill is Women's Reservation Bill, 33% Women's Reservation.
00:04We, everybody know that we want women in Parliament like you as always.
00:11What's your opinion on this bill?
00:13I think Women's Reservation Bill is a deep necessity and it is a necessity because over the years,
00:19despite being promised equal rights, women have been kept away from politics
00:23and our representation is a reflection of that.
00:25It's only 13% in the Lok Sabha, despite passing a reservation bill.
00:30And now we are seeing a debate even then in 2023 when we were debating this,
00:35our questions were why can't it be applicable immediately on the existing number of seats
00:39and why is it being linked to a census and delimitation.
00:43That is what the fight is about.
00:44Everybody wants the reservation, everybody voted for that reservation,
00:49but unfortunately the way the government is bringing in,
00:51without any kind of conversation across the table, conversation with the states,
00:55shows of the arrogance with which they function.
00:58And that is why the delimitation bit is being opposed by the opposition.
01:02Yes, as you have talked about, Mr. Khardio also said that they don't have a problem
01:07with women's reservation bill, but yes, this delimitation.
01:11Yes, the way it's being brought about, we had expressed our apprehension even in 2023.
01:16Let me ask you one thing.
01:17If the government was so serious, if the Bharatiya Janata Party was so serious about 33% reservation,
01:24what stopped them to give candidates which were about 33% in their 2024 Lok Sabha?
01:29They did not do it.
01:30Then you look at the state assemblies that happened.
01:32Bharatiya Janata Party came nowhere close to 33%.
01:35Similarly with the other parties, whether it is the Congress, etc.
01:37So, if the intent is to implement reservation, it can come voluntarily also from political parties.
01:45It doesn't need to come via constitutional mandate.
01:47Similarly with quota within quota.
01:49So, I think these are just delaying tactics like we've been seeing over three decades,
01:53that they don't want an implementation of women's reservation and that is what is likely to happen.
02:07I do not want to get into North versus South.
02:10India is a country as a whole.
02:12We are a union of states and in terms of delimitation, from what I gather, though it's not in the
02:18bill,
02:18it would be 50% proportionately increased across board.
02:22It won't be on the basis of population.
02:24Just demarking the, you know, the constituencies would follow the 2011 pattern.
02:30But however, in terms of representation, number of seats, everybody would equally have a 50% proportionate increase.
02:36So, I don't know, it's unfortunate that we make a country about East versus West, North versus South.
02:42As a country, we need to all walk together, work together and ensure the country's growth is not hampered in
02:47any way.
02:48Today, the government reservation, how do you see the bill?
02:52I hope to see that, all the people who have said in the beginning,
02:562023, when we have said that, when we have said that,
03:00we have said that the 30% reservation will immediately go on to the end,
03:04then the Bharatian Jantah Party will be in the end of 2020.
03:07Then, we have to have to do it with census and delimitation.
03:09What is that?
03:10That we have to do it in 543, we have to do it with 33%?
03:12but they didn't do it.
03:14Now, with the deal with the limitations
03:16and putting on the mind of the people's mind,
03:18not taking it together,
03:19not taking it together,
03:20not taking it together,
03:22it's called a three-day session in three days,
03:26in which we have not tried to do it.
03:28In which the mind of the need
03:30is not the need for the reservation,
03:33it's not the need for the reservation,
03:34it's not the need for the country,
03:36it's the fault.
04:05Yes, but if this seat's from the
04:06every member of parliament
04:08who are selected
04:09their constances
04:11are 12-15 lakh
04:12constances
04:13in which the governance
04:15is next to impossible
04:16so if there are little constances
04:18which can be managed
04:20properly
04:21they need to focus on
04:23where we need to do it
04:24the last delimitation
04:25was in 1976
04:28and what census
04:30was in 1971
04:31we are sitting in 2026
04:34and we
04:36parliament is not a reflection
04:38of India's population
04:39that is an unfortunate part
04:40but also
04:41the country's unfortunate reality
04:44South India versus India
04:46is
04:46opposite
04:50I will not say North Banam South
04:52nor East Banam West
04:53we are a whole country
04:54we are a union of states
04:55and everyone's responsibility
04:57is important
04:58that we are all involved
04:59so from the delimitation
05:01we are saying
05:03because it is a proportionate increase
05:0450% of the country
05:06it has nothing to do
05:07with the population
05:08but then
05:09it is still
05:09the whole
05:10banam
05:10is
05:11but
05:13I would still say
05:14that the people of the party
05:15are the needs and needs
05:17of the delimitation
05:18will be the map
05:20of the redrawing
05:21where the vote
05:22will be the value
05:23and the people of the people
05:24will be the value
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