In response to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent address regarding the women's reservation bill, Congress party leader Jairam Ramesh criticized the speech as a 'distress address.' Ramesh challenged Modi to present the women's quota bill in Parliament, highlighting the Prime Minister's failure to advance the legislation. He accused Modi of hypocrisy, questioning his commitment to women's rights and referencing the delayed notification of the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, 2023, which was passed unanimously in September 2023 but not notified until April 2026. Modi, addressing the nation after the bill's defeat in the Lok Sabha, blamed opposition parties like Congress, DMK, TMC, and Samajwadi Party for obstructing the proposed 33% reservation for women in legislatures.