Addressing election meetings in West Bengal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday accused the governing Trinamool Congress of conspiring with the Congress and “betraying” women by preventing the passage of the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026 in Parliament. He said the women of the State should punish the Trinamool in the upcoming West Bengal Assembly polls, which will be held in two phases on April 23 and 29.

“You have seen what happened in Parliament. TMC has betrayed the women of Bengal one more time. The sisters of Bengal wanted 33% reservation. Modi tried to ensure that. But TMC did not want more number of women from Bengal to become MPs and MLAs because they will challenge the mahajungle raaj of the TMC,” Mr. Modi said at a public meeting at Bishnupur in Bankura.