The main opposition to the bill had come from parties like the Janata Dal-United, the Rashtriya Janata Dal and the Samajwadi Party, which demanded a separate quota for OBCs and SC/STs within the women's quota.
The Shiv Sena, the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen Party (AIMIM) and the Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) also opposed the bill in its present form.
The bill had been introduced in the Rajya Sabha by the UPA-1 in 2008.
As it was a Rajya Sabha bill, it survived the dissolution of the 14th Lok Sabha in 2009.
The upper house passed it in 2010 after protesting Samajwadi Party MPs were removed from the house.
This will be the fourth time the bill will lapse.
Crucial women's quota bill lapses for the fourth time (March 8 is International Women's Day)
New Delhi: Amid a plethora of gestures on women's empowerment, a crucial piece of legislation, a bill reserving 33 percent of seats in parliament and the state assemblies for women, has again lapsed with the
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