Sneha Krishnan finds the debate on women’s reservations ‘immensely entertaining to watch’:

The debate on reservation for women, as most constitutional debates in India, is as old as the tome itself. In 1949, however, the Assembly’s female members rallied against this move, saying that women in India had never demanded special privileges. Ironically, the only voice in favour of reservation for women was that of a male “parliamentarian and man of the world”, as he described himself. R.K. Chaudhuri said:
“ I think it would be wise to provide for a women’s constituency…If you give them a special constituency they can have their scramble and fight there among themselves without coming into the general constituency. Otherwise we may at times feel weak and yield in their favour and give them seats which they are not entitled to.”