During a Cabinet Committee on Security meeting in Parliament House, Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his disappointment over the Lok Sabha's defeat of the Constitution (131st) Amendment Bill, which aimed to enhance women's reservation. Modi stated that opposition parties would 'regret for the rest of their lives' for not supporting the bill and warned they would 'have to pay a price' for their actions. He emphasized the need to inform the public that the opposition has an 'anti-women mindset.' This defeat is significant as it marks the first time during the BJP-led government's three consecutive terms (2014-2026) that a major constitutional amendment bill was not passed, requiring a special two-thirds majority. Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju described the outcome as a missed opportunity for consensus on an important reform. In response, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi characterized the defeat as a 'victory for democracy,' asserting that the government's attempts to weaken democratic processes had failed. She called for the passage of the Women's Quota Bill, 2023, which proposes that the reservation would take effect after the next census and delimitation.