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“Where there is a will there is a way”: Amit Shah lauds PM Modi after pass
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Hailing the passage of the women's reservation Bill in Parliament as a "historic milestone", Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said through this landmark piece of legislation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has sent a powerful message of gender equality and inclusive governance acro
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“Voices of women will become louder”: PM Modi after women’s quota Bill pas
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Terming the 'unanimous' passage of the women's quota Bill — titled 'Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam' — in the Rajya Sabha as a historic moment, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday congratulated fellow countrymen saying that with the passage of the draft legislation, which will
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Women members chant PM Modi’s name, present bouquet to him after historic
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
As the landmark women's reservation Bill, aptly titled 'Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam', was passed by the Parliament on Thursday, marking a giant leap in the empowerment of one-half of the country's population, chants of 'Modi Modi' were raised by women MPs as they took turns to thank Prim
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“Defining moment in our nation's democratic journey”: PM Modi hails passag
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday congratulated 140 crore Indians on the landmark passage of the 'Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam' (women's reservation Bill) in the Parliament, saying that it has ushered in an era of stronger representation and empowerment of women in the country.
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World Wrestling C'ships: India's Antim Panghal secures women's 53 kg bronz
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
She beat two-time European Champion Emma Jonna Denise Malmgren in the bronze medal bout by 16-6.
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"Why you don't want to give political rights to OBC women": Dimple Yadav a
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Samajwadi Party MP Dimple Yadav on Thursday questioned the BJP over the non-inclusion of the OBC quota in the Women Reservation Bill and said that
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Half of population will get their rights: Haryana CM Khattar on women's qu
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Thanking Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the Women's Reservation Bill, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said on Thursday that the move will ensure that Indian women get their rights.
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Women would get an opportunity to excel in every field: Union Minister Mun
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Union Minister Arjun Munda said that the Lok Sabha took a historic decision by passing the Women's Reservation Bill on Wednesday and women would get an opportunity to excel in every field once this is implemented.
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Union Minister Kiren Rijiju rebuts allegation of Rahul Gandhi over Women's
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday rebutted the allegation of Congress MP Rahul Gandhi that the Women's Reservation Bill lacked quota for Other Backward Classes (OBC) and stressed to focus on the facts.
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PM Modi praises MPs in Lok Sabha, says Women's Quota Bill will provide "Un
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
PM Modi, while addressing the Lok Sabha, credited MPs of all parties for supporting the passage of the Women's Reservation Bill, and said, "Yesterday was a golden moment of India's Parliamentary journey. All the members of this House deserve that golden moment."
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“Only thing missing…”: NC chief Farooq Abdullah endorses women’s quota Bil
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
National Conference (NC) president and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister, Farooq Abdullah, said on Wednesday that the passage of the women's reservation Bill in the Lok Sabha marked a landmark achievement but the only aspect missing was the inclusion of OBC women in the quota ambit.
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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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