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.
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Wednesday hit out at the Centre over the census and delimitation clause in the Women's Reservation Bill and said the hopes were built up only to be dashed in 24 hours because in the "Devil lies in the details."
Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Wednesday said that we were always in support of the Women's Reservation Bill adding that this is just for the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections.
Paralympic athlete Deepa Malik on Wednesday visited the New Parliament Building where she noticed that there was no place where her wheelchair did not reach.
"I congratulate our Prime Minister and our government on the Women's Reservation Bill... With 33 per cent (reservation), the participation of women in governance will increase... It is a great move... We are all very happy," she said.
Reacting to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's allegation of Indian involvement in the killing of a Sikh separatist leader on its soil, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said that it was unfortunate that Trudeau made such a statement in the Parliament and that Canada "jeopardised" the state o
Speaking to ANI on the issue the Rajya Sabha MP said, "This claim does not hold any strength. Congress does not have any agenda so they are taking up small issues. The Law Ministry gave them the original Constitution, it is valuable because the constituent assembly drafted it. And the amendm
Countering to Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s claim that out of 90 secretaries in the government of India, there are only three persons who belong to the OBC community, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said that it is the government who runs the country, not the secretaries.
Former Indian athlete Anju Bobby George expressed her gratitude and feels that a new revolution is going to happen in the country as talks about the Women’s Reservation Bill continued on Wednesday.
Speaking in the Lok Sabha, Shah further said that for the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, women empowerment is an issue of “principles and beliefs.”
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said that census and delimitation is not required for implementing the Women’s Reservation Bill and it should come into force soon after it is passed by Parliament