At a rally in Cooch Behar, West Bengal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the 33% reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies will take effect from the 2029 parliamentary elections. This initiative aims to enhance women's participation in governance and is seen as a strategic move to undermine the electoral dominance of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC). Modi highlighted the significance of women voters, who represent nearly half of the electorate in West Bengal, and urged them to advocate for this measure. He stated that the NDA government is committed to ensuring the implementation of the women's reservation law, which was enacted in 2023, and called for a special session of Parliament to facilitate this. Modi reassured voters that states performing well in population control would not lose parliamentary seats, emphasizing that the initiative benefits all states. The assembly elections for West Bengal's 294-member assembly are set for April 23 and 29, with results to be declared on May 4.