Overview
- Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Tripura, which met in special sittings Thursday, advanced measures urging implementation of women’s reservation, with UP also moving to censure opposition parties.
- The UP Assembly passed a censure of Congress and the Samajwadi Party over the failed 131st amendment as Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath accused rivals of seeking religion-based quota.
- Chhattisgarh backed one‑third seats for women after a fresh delimitation, Odisha urged early rollout of the 2023 law, and Tripura asked the Centre to revive the bill and start delimitation using the 2011 Census.
- Protests shadowed the push, with BJP and opposition women MLAs trading slogans inside and outside the UP House and Odisha Mahila Congress members detained near the Assembly in Bhubaneswar.
- The core fight is over how to enact the 33% quota, after a Lok Sabha plan tied to adding seats and a 2011 Census‑based delimitation fell on April 17 with 298 votes for and 230 against, and parties now launch statewide campaigns to press their case.