The bill seeks to order one-third of all seats for ladies within the Lok Sabha and state legislative assemblies.
Several political parties on Sunday made a strong pitch for the passage of the women’s reservation bill through the five-day Parliament session starting Monday, with the federal government asserting that an “appropriate decision will be taken at an appropriate time”.
At an all-party assembly convened by the federal government on the eve of the session, a number of leaders stated the long-pending bill needs to be tabled and hoped that it may be handed with consensus. The bill seeks to order one-third of all seats for ladies within the Lok Sabha and state legislative assemblies.
After the assembly, Union Minister Pralhad Joshi stated an “appropriate decision will be taken at appropriate time” on the parties’ demand for the bill. The minister stated tributes had been paid on the all-party assembly to safety forces personnel who laid down their lives in Kashmir.
On September 13, 4 safety forces personnel — Colonel Manpreet Singh, Commanding Officer, 19 Rashtriya Rifles, Major Ashish Dhonchak, Deputy Superintendent of Jammu and Kashmir Police Humayun Bhat and a soldier — had been killed by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district.
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On the women’s reservation bill, Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury stated all opposition parties demanded its passage on this Parliament session. BJP ally and NCP chief Praful Patel stated, “We appeal to govt to pass the women’s reservation bill in this Parliament session.” “We are hopeful that women’s reservation bill will be passed with consensus if tabled in Parliament,” he added.
Patel additionally stated that Parliament will shift to the brand new constructing on auspicious event of Ganesh Chaturthi on Tuesday. However, some regional parties demanded quota for backward courses and Scheduled Castes throughout the total reservation for ladies, sources stated. This has been a key sticking level within the passage of the bill earlier.
BJD chief Pinaki Misra stated a brand new period ought to start from new Parliament constructing and the women’s reservation bill needs to be handed. Chowdhury advised reporters that the federal government had knowledgeable them it was an everyday session of Parliament.
“Only the government knows what its intention is. It may surprise everyone with some new agenda,” he stated, including that points resembling worth rise, unemployment, the scenario on the border with China had been raised by his get together within the assembly.
Several regional parties together with the BJD and the BRS additionally pushed for tabling of the women’s reservation bill. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, the deputy chief of the House in Lok Sabha; Union Minister Piyush Goyal, the chief of the House in Rajya Sabha; and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi represented the federal government within the assembly.
Former prime minister and JD(S) chief H D Deve Gowda, DMK’s Kanimozhi, TDP’s Ram Mohan Naidu, TMC’s Derek O’Brien, AAP’s Sanjay Singh, BJD’s Sasmit Patra, BRS’ Okay Keshava Rao, YSR Congress Party’s V Vijayasai Reddy, RJD’s Manoj Jha and JD(U)’s Anil Hegde and SP’s Ram Gopal Yadav had been additionally amongst those that attended the assembly.
