Rahul Gandhi: Govt wants to change electoral map, fears losing power

New Delhi: Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi Said Friday that constitutional amendment on demarcation is an attempt bjp As the ruling party fears losing power, it is using reservation of women in the legislature as a guise to change India’s electoral map.Calling it an anti-national act, he said the move was aimed at taking away the rights of the OBC and depriving the southern and northeastern states of representation. The move is just to bypass the caste census, which the LoP said would expose the cruel and callous treatment meted out to OBCs, Dalits, minorities and women. Rahul Gandhi said his party is willing to vote for the amendment if the government implements the original 2023 bill. “The way Dalits and OBCs and their women are treated in Indian society is a historical fact. There is an attempt here to bypass the caste census. They are trying to avoid giving power and representation to my OBC brothers and sisters and instead take power away from them,” Gandhi said, calling the BJP’s approach “Manuvaad over Samvidhaan”.Accusing the BJP of neglecting OBCs and Dalits, he said, “You call them ‘Hindutva’ but you don’t give them any space in the power structure.”Gandhi said, “This is not a women’s bill; it has nothing to do with women’s empowerment. This bill is an attempt to change the electoral map of the country, taking advantage of and hiding behind the women of India.”He called the delimitation bill “dangerous” and “anti-national” and said it was introduced out of fear of losing power. “You are now trying to recalibrate India’s political map,” he told the BJP, accusing the party of using delimitations to its advantage in J&K and Assam. He said Congress would never allow such a plan.“There is a fundamental confusion in the mind of the BJP. They think of themselves as the people and the armed forces of India,” he said, asking the party to stop hiding behind the people and the armed forces.