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Chandrababu Naidu says women reservation opponents have a blind spot

Politics
Published on 27 April 2026
Chandrababu Naidu says women reservation opponents have a blind spot

He links fertility policy to delimitation and gender equity

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu stirred debate at the ET Awards by arguing that opponents of women’s reservation are missing the bigger picture. He supported Parliament’s delimitation bill, framing it as gender equity and empowerment, and also backed a “population management policy” urging at least two children to address fertility decline and an aging society.

  • Naidu backs women’s reservation and frames it as empowerment
  • He supports the delimitation bill for gender equity
  • He calls for a population management policy of two children
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