BJP wants two-thirds majority in Lok Sabha as its 'real target' is to end reservation: Congress
The Congress on Wednesday (June 24, 2026) alleged that the BJP is striving for a two-thirds majority in the Lok Sabha as its "real and
The Congress on Wednesday (June 24, 2026) alleged that the BJP is striving for a two-thirds majority in the Lok Sabha as its "real and ultimate target" is to be able to amend the Constitution for ending reservation. In an exclusive interview with PTI Videos, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh claimed that the ruling party first wants to push delimitation in the garb of women's reservation with the ultimate objective being of ending reservation altogether. Ramesh said if the government is really concerned about women's reservation, it should implement the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam on the current strength of the Lok Sabha — 543 — for the next general elections in 2029. He alleged that Home Minister Amit Shah's efforts to split the TMC and Shiv Sena (UBT) vindicate the 2024 campaign of the Congress that the BJP wanted '400 paar' so that they can "amend the Constitution and finish off reservation". Asked about the spate of defections in the Opposition ranks, Mr. Ramesh said, "The single cause for this is the humiliation that the self-styled Chanakya of Indian politics suffered on the 17th of April in the Lok Sabha. He promised the Prime Minister (Narendra Modi) that he would get the three delimitation bills passed. He could not muster more than 298 votes in the Lok Sabha." Shah thought he could brazen it out and could bamboozle and bulldoze his way through but his bluff was called, Mr. Ramesh said. "I think he decided to take revenge on that day for that humiliation he had been forced to suffer, and now he is busy with the 'todh-phod ki rajniti'. He broke the TMC, he's breaking the Shiv Sena, all in his search for a two-thirds majority in the Lok Sabha - you're seeing the truth of our 2024 campaign.
They were asking for '400 paar' so that they can amend the Constitution to finish off reservation," the Congress general secretary in-charge communications said. "That was the whole logic of '400 paar', and now you are seeing why he is splitting all these parties, he is splitting up parties in his search for a two-thirds majority to amend the Constitution," Mr. Ramesh claimed. Asked if the BJP is striving for a two-thirds majority to target reservations, the Congress leader said the ruling party's immediate target is the delimitation bill but the real target is ending reservation. "You look that in 2024 it was very clear what was happening. I mean the ultimate objective is to end reservation as the Constitution has provided and in spite of what the prime minister (Narendra Modi) says, you know the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh is on record as having said that reservation should be done away with, RSS leaders have weighed in against reservation," he said. So, delimitation is the first milestone they want to pass but ultimately there are three years more left for this government, he said. "They (BJP) want to amend the Constitution in diverse ways and one fundamental way they want to.... they have always been uncomfortable with this Constitution. Remember on the 26th of November, 1949 when this Constitution was adopted by the constituent assembly, the Organiser attacked it," he said. "The effigies of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Dr. BR Ambedkar, Mahatma Gandhi, were burnt. Of course, Gandhi by then had passed away, but then you know he was also criticised for having inspired Dr. Ambedkar in joining the constituent assembly," he said. So, all these founding fathers were attacked for having given us this Constitution, Mr. Ramesh said.
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