Prominent social activist and women’s‑rights campaigner Mumtaz Patel has hit out at the government for attempting to link delimitation with the Women’s Reservation Bill, calling the move an attempt to “fool the women of Hindustan.” In a sharply worded tweet, Patel reminded the public that the Women’s Reservation Bill had already been passed in 2023 with the support of the entire opposition, underscoring that the measure for 33% reservation of seats for women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies was not a new, contested idea, but a long‑term democratic consensus that has now been diluted by political bargaining.
Patel urged political parties to stop tying the bill to delimitation and warned that such linkage risks turning women’s empowerment into a bargaining chip in the larger game of seat‑reallocation and regional power‑shifting. Her tweet, tagged with popular women‑centric hashtags such as #NariShakti, #BharchKiBeti and #BharatKiBeti, has quickly gone viral among women‑centred groups and grassroots activists who argue that the bill’s passage should not be hostage to constitutional exercises that primarily serve electoral arithmetic.
The intervention comes at a time of intense debate over the recent Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, which tried to push both women’s reservation and delimitation in a single package. Patel’s message has become a rallying line for critics who say the bill’s framing has allowed the government to re‑frame a gender‑equity agenda as a political‑engineering project, rather than a moral imperative for representation.
परिसीमन को महिला आरक्षण बिल से मत जोड़िए।
हिंदुस्तान की महिलाओं को बेवकूफ बनाना बंद कीजिए।
महिला आरक्षण बिल तो 2023 में पूरे विपक्ष के समर्थन के साथ पास हो चुका था। #narishakti #bharchkibeti #bharatkibeti pic.twitter.com/fRtpe9RZiv— Mumtaz Patel (@mumtazpatels) April 18, 2026
