2 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Apr 18, 2026 12:09 PM IST
Putting into motion what insiders said would be a sustained campaign against the INDIA bloc of opposition parties till the 2029 Lok Sabha elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has planned nationwide protests alongside an outreach over the ‘Nari Shanti Vandan Adhiniyam’ or Women’s Reservation Bill on Saturday.
According to sources, the initial phase of the campaign, which includes a march by the party’s women members outside Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi’s official residence in Sunehri Bagh, was chalked out on Friday during a huddle almost immediately after the 131 Amendment Bill, 2026, was defeated in the Lok Sabha.
Senior BJP leaders, who took to social media to express their outrage after the Bill could not muster the required two-thirds majority in the Lok Sabha, were in attendance at a meeting with BJP general secretary (organisation) B L Santhosh and BJP president Nitin Nabin.
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This, according to sources, was followed by an online meeting by Santhosh and Nabin with the BJP’s state unit chiefs across the country, where instructions to hit the streets for both protest marches as well as demonstrations outside the houses of prominent leaders or the headquarters of the four chief INDIA bloc parties are said to have been issued.
“Any Women empowerment is allergic to @INCIndia, @arivalayam , @samajwadiparty & @AITCofficial. Worst part is they celebrated the failure of Constitution amendment bill. Now it’s time for Country’s #NariShakti to show these parties what it means betrayal,” Santhosh alleged in an X post shortly after the Bill was defeated.
On Friday evening, the BJP signed off with a social media list which insiders said put on display how the BJP would handle the issue over the coming days: a sketch of Prime Minister Narendra Modi supporting a flag bearing the name of the Act while the LoP in the Lok Sabha pulls it down.
