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Amit Shah announced that the 2029 elections will implement the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam Bill, reserving one-third of seats for women.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah (Image: X/File photo)
Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that the 2029 general elections will be held with a women’s reservation, implementing the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam Bill. This bill aims to reserve one-third of seats for women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies.
In an interview with the Times of India, Shah said, “The 2029 elections will be held with women’s reservation.”
The Women’s Reservation Bill was passed in September 2023 to increase women’s representation in lawmaking processes.
When asked about the methods to balance southern states’ concerns around delimitation with the demand of northern states that their representation in Parliament should be proportionate to their numbers, Shah said they will establish a very good balance, and no one will be dissatisfied.
“No one will have any reason to complain when the exercise is conducted. We will establish a very good balance, and no one will be dissatisfied. DMK is raising the issue only because of the 2026 assembly elections. Delimitation is not going to happen by then, and they know this,” he said.
Responding to the plan to restore the Indus Waters Treaty, the Home Minister said that the Treaty cannot be restored, emphasising that while international treaties can’t be unilaterally annulled, India has exercised its right to put it in abeyance.
“No, it will never be restored. International treaties can’t be annulled unilaterally, but we had the right to put them in abeyance, which we have done. The treaty preamble mentions that it was for the peace and progress of the two countries, but once that has been violated, there is nothing left to protect,” he said.
“We will use water that rightfully belongs to India. Paani Rajasthan tak jayega. We will take the water that was flowing to Pakistan to Rajasthan by constructing a canal. Pakistan will be starved of the water that it has been getting unjustifiably,” Shah added.
The Indus Waters Treaty was suspended with immediate effect after India-Pakistan ties deteriorated sharply following the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir, which claimed 26 lives. India took a series of diplomatic decisions, such as expelling Pakistani nationals.
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