Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Credits Congress, Targets BJP On Women's Reservation History

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi, speaking in the Lok Sabha on the Women's Reservation Bill, highlighted India's early commitment to women's political rights, noting that women got voting rights from the very first day of independence. She credited the Indian National Congress for pioneering 33% reservation in Panchayat and urban local bodies under leaders like Rajiv Gandhi and P. V. Narasimha Rao. Priyanka Gandhi accused the BJP of historically opposing such measures and said past efforts under Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi were blocked due to lack of consensus.