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Parliament passes Women’s Reservation Bill after unanimous support in Rajy
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The Parliament on Thursday passed a historic legislation to provide 33 per cent reservation for women in Lok Sabha and state assemblies.
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"For their own political gains...": Dimple Yadav on Women's Reservation Bi
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Samajwadi Party MP Dimple Yadav on Wednesday congratulated the women of the country on the reservation bill and said that the Centre has brought this legislation for their own political gains as the country is set to enter in the election mode phase.
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Women feeling 'Sukhee': Shilpa Shetty hails PM Modi as Women's Reservation
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
On Wednesday, the Women’s Reservation Bill – the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Eighth Amendment) Bill, 2023, was passed by Lok Sabha with 454 members voting in favour of the legislation and two against it.
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RJD demands reservation for OBC women in new Bill
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Rashtriya Janata Dal member Manoj Jha taking part in the discussion on the women’s reservation Bill on Thursday on behalf of his party in the Rajya Sabha demanded that women belonging to Other Backward Classes be incorporated in the legislation.
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Women's Reservation Bill will be introduced in Rajya Sabha today for passa
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
A day after the Women's Reservation Bill was passed with 454 members voting in favour of the legislation in the Lok Sabha, Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal, said that the bill will be introduced in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday for passage.
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BJD issues whip for Rajya Sabha MPs to support passage of Women's Reservat
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The Bill was passed following division with 454 members voting in favour of the legislation and two against it on the motion for the passage moved by Meghwal. The amendments moved by opposition members were negatived and there was also voting on clauses of the bill.
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"Major step, but...": BRS MLC K Kavitha flags "omissions" in women's reser
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
As the women's reservation bill was passed in the Lok Sabha, marking a legislative landmark for the country, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC K Kavitha, one of the key advocates for a legislation providing a fairer representation of women in law-making bodies, on Wednesday called it a maj
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“We voted against so that…”: Asaduddin Owaisi after passage of women’s quo
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
With 454 votes 'for' and 2 'against', the women's reservation Bill cleared its first legislative hurdle with a brute majority in the Lok Sabha. However, All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) MP Asaduddin Owaisi, who voted against the motion seeking the Bill's passage, along with par
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Women were used as vote bank: BJP’s Sadhvi Pragya takes swipe at Oppn afte
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Hailing the landmark passage of the women's reservation Bill in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, BJP MP Sadhvi Pragya Thakur said the long-awaited draft legislation has brought much joy for women.
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"A historic legislation...": PM Modi after Lok Sabha passes Women's Reserv
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Earlier today, Lok Sabha passed the Women’s Reservation Bill which provides for 33 per cent reservation for women in the lower house of the Parliament and state assemblies.
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Women’s reservation Bill: Anurag Thakur hits back at Kapil Sibal over barb
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Hitting back at Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal over his claim that the BJP was trying to extract political mileage from the women's reservation Bill that was tabled in the Lok Sabha, Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Tuesday said the former was the Law Minister when the draft legislation was in
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Assam govt forms committee to draft legislation on banning polygamy; AIUDF
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
As soon as the Assam government formed a committee to draft appropriate legislation for banning Polygamy and other related issues, AIUDF MLA Aminul Islam on Wednesday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party is doing this only to do politics ahead of ensuing Lok Sabha elections.
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