Women’s empowerment set to top agenda: Special session of UP legislature being convened on April 30

Final shape being given to the proposed agenda for the special session. The discussions in the House are likely to focus on UP govt’s measures for women’s empowerment

Published on: Apr 20, 2026, 03:22:15 IST

By Umesh Raghuvanshi, LUCKNOW

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A day-long special session of the state legislature is being convened here on April 30 in an apparent attempt to discuss women’s empowerment and target the Opposition on the issue in Uttar Pradesh.

Those aware of the development said the state government may get a resolution passed on women’s empowerment. (For Representation)

The state cabinet has taken a decision in this regard by the circulation method and governor Anandiben Patel is likely to convene the session soon. A final shape is being given to the proposed agenda for the special session. The discussions in the House are likely to focus on the state government’s measures for women’s empowerment.

Much significance is being attached to the move in the backdrop of developments following the defeat of the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill 2026 in the Lok Sabha on Friday. The amendment bill was brought with the objective of fast-tracking 33% reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and the state assemblies and expanding the strength of the Lok Sabha.

Senior ministers and officers of the state government were not available for comment. Those aware of the development said the state government may get a resolution passed in the state legislature on women’s empowerment. Chief minister Yogi Adityanath has fiercely attacked the Opposition, including the Congress and the Samajwadi Party, one of the main constituents of the INDIA bloc, on the issue. Besides cornering the Opposition, his government may list the measures initiated for women’s welfare in Uttar Pradesh.

“The outrage in the hearts of Uttar Pradesh’s women power towards the deeds of the Congress and INDIA alliance. In that outrage, the entire NDA stands united with half the population…,” said Yogi in a post in Hindi on X.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Umesh Raghuvanshi
Umesh Raghuvanshi is an award-winning journalist with nearly four decades of demonstrated experience in the profession. He is the author of Ayodhya: The Gods Are Liberated. He is skilled in storytelling and newswriting, and writes on politics, governance, legislature, finance, environment, and social issues. He is based in Lucknow, is well-travelled, and has covered several national and international events, as well as all assembly and parliament elections in Uttar Pradesh since 1984. He has been a visiting scholar at the Graduate School of Journalism, University of California, Berkeley, USA, and a Metcalf Fellow at the Metcalf Institute of Marine and Environmental Reporting, University of Rhode Island, USA. He is a science graduate from DBS College, Dehradun, and holds an MA in Political Science from DAV (PG) College, Dehradun. He won the KC Kulish International Merit Award for excellence in journalism (2015) and received it in New Delhi in 2017. He also won a competition organised by the United Nations Environment Programme DTIE OzonAction Programme in 2009 that assessed coverage of the interlinkages between ozone and climate change. He was awarded in Beijing, China, in 2010. He started his career with a Dehradun-based English daily in the early 1980s and later worked with The Pioneer too.Read More

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