PM Modi: Trinamool Betrayed Women by Opposing 131st Constitution Amendment Bill in Bengal

Modi urged TMC-associated goons and syndicates to surrender at their nearest police station before April 23 and April 29, stating that after May 4 no one would be spared. The article notes these dates as part of his warning to those he labeled as involved in lawlessness.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed the Trinamool Congress betrayed West Bengal’s women by opposing the 131st Amendment Bill. He stated that the sisters of West Bengal wanted 33% reservation implemented from 2029, which he said the TMC did not allow. Modi contrasted BJP's politics of women’s empowerment with TMC’s alleged betrayal, and accused the TMC of appeasing infiltrators and opposing women’s empowerment and reservations. He highlighted tribal empowerment in Junglemahal, criticized the TMC and Congress for insulting President Droupadi Murmu and claimed the BJP gave the country its first tribal President. He also accused the TMC of ignoring Kurmi grievances while prioritizing its vote bank, promoted the One District, One Product scheme for Bankura, and announced several women-focused promises if BJP comes to power: free ration for the poor, up to Rs 1.5 lakh under PM Awas Yojana for permanent housing, free treatment up to Rs 5 lakh under Ayushman Bharat, Rs 21,000 for pregnant women, Rs 5,000 at childbirth, and Rs 50,000 for a girl child’s education.

The bill failed to clear the Lok Sabha, with 298 MPs voting in favour and 230 against it, short of the required two-thirds majority (352). The report notes this as the setback referenced by Modi in Bengal. No further parliamentary action on the bill is captured in the article.