'Women should get 50 per cent quota': Mayawati supports Women's Reservation Bill
India | Sep 19, 2023, 05:34 PM ISTBSP chief Mayawati said a separate quota for the women from OBC, SC and ST sections should be ensured in the bill.
BSP chief Mayawati said a separate quota for the women from OBC, SC and ST sections should be ensured in the bill.
On Monday, Parliament met for the last time in the old building with Prime Minister Narendra Modi bidding adieu to the old and ushering in the new.
According to Congress the Women's Reservation Bill was first introduced by them. It also alleged that if the PM had any real intention to prioritise women empowerment, the Women’s Reservation Bill would have been implemented immediately without the ifs and buts and all other conditions.
Women's Reservation Bill: The bill was first introduced in 1996 and then passed in Rajya Sabha in 2010 but could not sail through the Lok Sabha over demand for quota within quota by some regional parties.
After the bill is passed and becomes a law, the participation of women in the Parliament will increase by 33 per cent.
The party former president, who has always said that Women's Reservation Bill is very personal to her, asserted that it was Congress' brain child and was brought up many times earlier.
Congress and other regional parties raised demand for passage of Women's Reservation Bill in the parliament during all-party meeting held on September 17.
The move is seen as a master stroke by the Modi government ahead of key states elections and the Lok Sabha elections 2024.
The demand for the Women's Reservation Bill is renewed with the strong pitch made by the Congress and other regional parties for the passage of the bill in parliament.
Several regional parties including Odisha's ruling party - BJD and Telangana's ruling party - BRS demanded for tabling of the Women's Reservation Bill in the upcoming session.
Former PM Manmohan Singh brought the Constitution Amendment Bill for one-third reservation for women in Parliament and state legislatures. The Bill was passed on March 9, 2010 in the Rajya Sabha but was not taken up in Lok Sabha.
Congress demanded that the Women's Reservation Bill be passed during the special session of parliament, a resolution undertaken at the Congress Working Committee (CWC) stated.
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and sought for the passage of Women's Reservation Bill in the upcoming special session of Parliament.
BRS leader K Kavitha's reaction was in retaliation to the BJP and Congress who criticised BRS for not fielding enough women candidates in the upcoming assembly elections in the state.
Monsson Session: BJD pitches for parliamentary nod for Women's Reservation Bill at all-party meet
Women's Reservation Bill: BRS MLC Kavitha on March 10 held a hunger strike to seek the introduction of the Women's Reservation Bill in the current Budget session of the Parliament.
Women's Reservation Bill protest: The passage of Women's Reservation Bill in Parliament in long-standing demand. Occasionally, MPs kept raising the demand in the Parliament but to no avail. The revival of the issue gives a strong hope as Lok Sabha election is approaching.
Women's Reservation Bill protest: The passage of Women's Reservation Bill in Parliament in long-standing demand. For the first time, It was introduced in 2008, since the bill has been facing political apathy. Interestingly, no party openly opposes the bill still it is waiting for being materialized.
Uttarakhand Public Services (Horizontal Reservation for Women) Bill, 2022 was passed by the state assembly in November.
The quota promise comes a day after Rahul Gandhi made the big announcement of assured minumum wage for poor, if elected.
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