22 April,2026 10:13 AM IST | Mumbai | Sanjeev Shivadekar
The Maharashtra BJP organised a ‘Janakrosh Morcha’ on Tuesday evening to protest against Opposition parties for not supporting the Women’s Reservation Bill in Parliament. PICS/SAYYED SAMEER ABEDI
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, on Tuesday, addressing a protest rally against the Opposition for defeating the Women's Reservation Bill, warned that this is only the beginning and asserted that the agitation will continue until women secure 33 per cent representation among MPs and MLAs under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership.
Speaking at the conclusion of the âJanakrosh Morcha' at the NSCI Dome in Worli, the CM said the Opposition has already seen the impact of schemes like "Ladki Bahin," which, he claimed, weakened them to the extent that they could not even secure the Leader of Opposition post in Maharashtra, and accused them of now acting against women's interests.
CM Devendra Fadnavis (centre) at the NSCI Dome on Tuesday
Fadnavis further alleged that the Opposition only supported the Women's Reservation Bill in 2023 as it had no choice in the face of the BJP's clear majority but is now opposing it as it senses the party is short of numbers, adding that the "real face" of the Opposition has come to the fore.
Fadnavis said BJP will collect one crore signatures from women and confront Rahul Gandhi, Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, and his allies over their stand on the bill while reiterating his challenge to a public debate.
The state BJP organised a âJanakrosh Morcha' on Tuesday to protest against Opposition parties not supporting the Women's Reservation Bill in Parliament. The march began at Jamboree Maidan in Worli and ended at the NSCI Dome Auditorium,
Opposition leaders slammed BJP for creating a false narrative that they are against the Bill. They said they had supported the legislation passed in 2023, clarifying their objection was to the Bill's proposed linkage with delimitation of parliamentary and assembly constituencies.
