Opposition leaders on Saturday (August 15, 2026) hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his “dimagi Naxals” reference in his Independence Day address, accusing him of using labels to target dissent, while also tearing into his appeal to parties to implement women’s reservation and questioning the linking of it with delimitation.
CPI(M) General Secretary M. A. Baby stated that while his party opposes Maoism, they accuse the government of violating the law and the Constitution in its handling of Maoists. Mr. On the topic of women’s reservation, he urged all political parties to press the government to implement the quota for women in existing seats instead of linking it to delimitation.
Earlier reporting noted: Congress slams PM Modi over ‘dishonest’ women’s reservation pitch, calls it ‘double-faced hypocrisy’ The Congress on Saturday (August 15. Earlier reporting noted: Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh, in a post on X, said the party has been consistent in its stand to implement women’s reservation from the 2029 Lok Sabha elections within the current strength of 543 seats in the Lok Sabha. He should know that the Parliament unanimously passed the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam in September 2023 – but it was the double-faced hypocrisy of the Modi Government that made sure it…
He described the Prime Minister’s reference to individuals with a “Naxal mentality” as an attempt to target the Opposition. Baby also accused the Modi government of engaging in “State terrorism” regarding its treatment of arrested Maoists, alleging that some individuals were shot dead in custody rather than being subjected to legal proceedings. 2026) accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of making a dishonest pitch for women’s reservation in his Independence Day address, saying the ‘Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam’ was unanimously passed in September 2023, but the BJP government’s “double-faced hypocrisy” made sure it wouldn’t come into effect from the 2024 elections.
Earlier reporting noted: The PM made a dishonest pitch for women’s reservation in his address at the Red Fort today.
They always want to accuse people in opposition that they are anti-national, and to go to Pakistan. This is a very convenient accusation that they are Maoist in their mind.
“But now, his narrative is that urban Naxals are there; now he says ‘people with Naxal mentality’… It is an atrocious allegation,” he said.
