Rahul Gandhi Speech in the Lok Sabha yesterday, 20th September 2023, in Support of the Long Pending Women's Reservation Bill (with a weird (or sinister?) tag -- replacing "aarakshan" with "vandan"!)

[Sukla Sen]

<https://youtu.be/eovbLe9vhzk>

The summary:

I. Indian Independence denotes transfer of power from the British (Crown) to the people of (democratic) India.

II. A conflict is going on between those fighting to take this process further forward and those trying to snatch power away from the hands of the people.

III. The move for women's reservation is a big step in the direction of further devolution of power to the people.

IV. OBCs like women, constitute a (severely) deprived group.

Of the 90 Secretaries of the Government of India only 3 come from this group. They control only 5% of the total budget of 44 lakh crore.

V. So, a caste census must be carried out. The data of the census already done must be released.

(Otherwise, "we would release the data!")

VI. The bill is incomplete without the provision for reservation for the OBC women.

Must be included.

VII. There's no reason whatsoever why the implementation of this reservation bill is yoked to the next census and, then, delimitation of constituencies.*

*Must be implemented immediately after passing.

Also watch: <https://fb.watch/nbtT4aLnEr/>.

[The Bill was passed by the Lok Sabha, almost unanimously, yesterday: <https://www.business-standard.com/india-news/lok-sabha-unanimously-passes-nari-shakti-vandan-adhiniyam-2023-123092001110_1.html>.]