Kiran Rijiju and Rahul Gandhi in Lok Sabha

New Delhi: A heated argument broke out between the leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha. Rahul Gandhi and Union Minister Kiran Rijiju During the speech of Congress MP on Women’s Reservation Bill.Rijiju intervened after Gandhi, in his address, accused the BJP-led Center of trying to avoid giving power and representation to OBCs.Gandhi said, “It is a historical fact of how Indian society treated Dalits, OBCs and their women… What is being attempted here is to circumvent the caste census. They are trying to avoid giving power and representation to my OBC brothers and sisters and instead snatch power from them.”Rijiju intervened, alleging that Gandhi’s father, former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, had opposed OBC reservation both when he was in power and when he was out of power.He also questioned why Congress did not give constitutional reservation to OBCs despite ruling the country for almost 60 years.The Parliamentary Affairs Minister said, “When Congress ruled this country for more than 60 years, why did it not give constitutional reservation for OBCs? Congress will have to answer.”“When Rajiv Gandhi was Prime Minister – and even then – he opposed OBC reservation. Can Rahul Gandhi explain why?”. Rijiju asked.Earlier, Gandhi accused the government of trying to change India’s electoral landscape by linking women’s reservation to delimitation and said the opposition would not allow the bill to be passed.His comments came ahead of the Lok Sabha voting on the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, which proposes to increase the number of Lok Sabha seats to 850. While the ruling NDA, with 293 MPs, holds the majority in the 545-member House, it needs a two-thirds majority to pass legislation.