Bansuri Swaraj Among BJP MPs Detained During Protest March Towards Rahul Gandhi's House

Last Updated:April 18, 2026, 17:59 IST

Several top BJP leaders, including CM Rekha Gupta, led a protest march towards Rahul Gandhi's house after a failed push to pass an amendment for women's reservation in Parliament.

Several top BJP leaders, including Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, Hema Malini, and Bansuri Swaraj, led a massive crowd of protesters towards Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s residence after the Centre failed to push a Constitutional amendment legislation on women’s quota and two other bills.

Police deployed water cannons to disperse the protest march. Union Minister of State Raksha Khadse, BJP MP Kamaljeet Sejrawat and Bansuri Swaraj were among several leaders detained by Delhi Police during the protest march.

“Our peaceful protest has been doused by water cannons. But no water cannon can stop us from standing for the women of the country," Swaraj told news agency PTI.

This came after the 131st Constitutional Amendment Bill, which required a special majority in the Parliament, failed to pass in the Lok Sabha on Friday after the Opposition voted against it. The bill proposed to increase the number of Lok Sabha seats was to be increased from the current 543 to a maximum of 850.

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The BJP projected that Congress had an “anti-woman" stance and held black flags, raised slogans and wrapped black hands around their foreheads. Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta also joined the marching protesters and shouted slogans.

“For the past thirty years, half of this country’s population, its women, have continuously endured insult," Gupta said during the protest march. “I want to ask the leaders of the opposition: if they were such well-wishers of Muslim women, then why did they oppose the Triple Talaq law (criminalisation) when it was introduced by Modi?"

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