Former Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition Jai Ram Thakur on Tuesday donated Rs 13.80 lakh to Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu towards Aapda Rahat Kosh on behalf of all the BJP MLAs in Shimla.
With the Parliament shifted to the new building from the old building, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday remembered the iconic Parliament that stands not just as a structure, but as a testament to our nation's rich democratic heritage for decades.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah slammed the Congress party for taking the credit for the Women's Reservation Bill in Parliament and said that Congress has never been serious about women's reservation.
Veteran actor turned politician Hema Malini on Tuesday extended support to the Women's Reservation Bill, which was cleared by the union cabinet a day earlier.
The Women's Reservation Bill that seeks to provide a 33 per cent quota for women in Lok Sabha and state assemblies was introduced in the Lok Sabha today in the ongoing special session of Parliament and will be taken up for discussion on Wednesday when the House will meet at 11 am.
With the introduction of the Women's Reservation Bill in Parliament, Union Minister of State Jitendra Singh on Tuesday said that a tremendous amount of courage is required which Prime Minister Narendra Modi has demonstrated.
Terming an "election jumla" and "a huge betrayal of hopes of women," Congress General Secretary in charge of Communications Jairam Ramesh said that if Prime Minister Narendra Modi had any real intention to prioritise women empowerment, the Women’s Reservation Bill would have been implemented
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Tuesday that the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam will not only protect the rights of women but will be an instrument for their larger contribution in India’s march to become a developed country
Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Brinda Karat on Tuesday slammed the BJP-led Centre over the Women Reservation Bill and said that certain clauses in the bill ensure that women are going to be deprived of the 33 per cent reservation in the Parliament till the next census survey.&n
"Gandhi Family is only interested in empowering the women in their family. They are not interested in empowering the women in poor or Adivasi or Dalit women, Union Minister Smriti Irani said.
People's Democratic Party Chief Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday said that Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam is an “important step” in the progress of the country after the Women's Reservation Bill was tabled today in Lok Sabha.