New Delhi, March 24 Several opposition parties wrote to the government on Tuesday, requesting a meeting of all parties to discuss the modalities of implementing the women's quota law.
In a letter to Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju, the opposition leaders said the meeting should be held after the current round of assembly elections is completed in April.
"You may recall that I had written to you on March 16, 2026, requesting that an all-party meeting chaired by the PM be convened at the earliest to discuss, as desired by you, the modalities and roadmap for the implementation of the Nari Vandan Adhiniyam, 2023," read the letter, which was written on the letterhead of Congress president Kharge.
The letter has signatories from several opposition parties, except the Trinamool Congress.
This comes after the government said it was planning to bring two bills in the ongoing Budget session of Parliament to ensure that the women's reservation law is implemented before the completion of the delimitation exercise for Lok Sabha and assembly constituencies.
The opposition leaders, in their letter, said that the government was planning a further amendment to the Nari Shakti Vandan Bill passed in September 2023. The law is officially known as the Constitution (106th Amendment) Act.
"All opposition parties now reiterate their demand for an all-party meeting to discuss the proposed Constitution Amendment. To make the meeting more productive, it is necessary for the government to circulate a note detailing what exactly is being proposed."
"The all-party meeting should be held after the current round of assembly elections is completed on April 29, 2026," the letter read.
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh handed over the letter to Rijiju after meeting him in Parliament House.
The decision to write to the government to convene an all-party meeting was taken by the opposition leaders at their meeting in the morning.
The leaders had met in the chamber of the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday morning.
The signatories to the letter include Congress president Kharge, Samajwadi Party leader Ramgopal Yadav, AAP leader Sanjay Singh, Shiv Sena (UBT) leaders Sanjay Raut and Arvind Sawant.
CPI(M) leader John Brittas, CPI leader P Sandosh Kumar, NCP(SP) leader Supriya Sule and Fauzia Khan, JMM leader Mahua Maji and Joba Majhi, N K Premachandran (RSP), Thirumaavalavan Tholkappiyan (VCK) and E T Mohammed Basheer (IUML), besides leaders of JKNC, CPI-ML and DMK, are also among the signatories.