“No, it undermines meritocracy”
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India's Women's Reservation Bill proposes reserving one-third of seats in the Lok Sabha (lower house of parliament) and state assemblies for women, aiming to increase female political representation from current levels below 15%. The bill has a decades-long history, first introduced in 1996, but gained renewed momentum in 2024-2026 as the government pushed for passage before the 2029 elections. The debate centers on whether reserved seats effectively empower women or merely create symbolic representation without addressing deeper gender inequality in politics.