New Delhi, Apr 20:
The Congress on Sunday took a swipe at the government after it released a set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) related to reservation for women in legislatures, saying they read more like “Factually Abused Quackery” and were a “damage control exercise” after its “humiliating defeat” in the Lok Sabha.
The opposition party’s dig came after the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill to implement 33 per cent reservation for women in legislatures in 2029 and increase the number of Lok Sabha seats to 816 was defeated in the Lok Sabha.
Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said, “The Modi government is on a damage control exercise after its humiliating defeat in the Lok Sabha on the night of April 17th.
It has released a set of FAQs and answers – not before introducing its bill but after they failed to pass the Lok Sabha.”
“The FAQs – which read more like the Government’s Factually Abused Quackery – are silent on the real questions about delimitation that were asked by the entire Opposition during the debate,” Ramesh said.
Indeed the single most “factually inaccurate” sentence in the FAQ is the “fraudulent claim that delimitation of seats is needed for implementing reservation”, the Congress leader said.