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Congress' Pramod Tiwari links implementation of Women's Reservation Bill t
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
"The Women Reservation Bill is a dream for Sonia Gandhi, she want this bill to be implemented and women to benefit from it. I consider her a champion for this benefit of women. The promise of the bill is like a Bhajpa shop, that is going to be shut down. More like a "clearance sale". The bil
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Implement Women's Reservation Bill without delay: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday extended support for the Women's Reservation Bill and said that the bill should be implemented without any delay.
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PM Modi gave decisive turn to issue of women's reservation: JP Nadda
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Noting that Indian women are playing a leading role in fields such as science, education and economy, BJP president JP Nadda said on Thursday that the Modi government has taken several steps for the empowerment of women in the last nine years.
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Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal moves Women's Reservation Bill in Raj
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal on Thursday moved the Women’s Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha after passing it in the Lok Sabha yesterday.
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PM Modi praises MPs in Lok Sabha, says Women's Quota Bill will provide "Un
Updated : 2 years, 6 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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"Post-dated cheque": NCP MP Supriya Sule on Women's Bill
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Stating that neither census and delimitation has been done, the NCP MP also said that the Centre could have introduced the bill during the upcoming winter session
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Women's Reservation Bill will be introduced in Rajya Sabha today for passa
Updated : 2 years, 6 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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Chhattisgarh CM Baghel calls for Women's Reservation Bill implementation b
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Speaking to the media at Raipur, CM Baghel said, "They (BJP) are a cheat. The Women's Reservation Bill that has been brought has been supported by Congress but it will be implemented after the Census and Delimitation take place. This will take years".
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BJD issues whip for Rajya Sabha MPs to support passage of Women's Reservat
Updated : 2 years, 6 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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Kiren Rijiju wins praise from Suvendu Adhikari for refuting TMC MP's claim
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Accusing the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal of stooping to a new low, West Bengal's Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday praised Union Minister Kiren Rijiju for refuting the claim of TMC MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar that ISRO's women scientists were not being paid their s
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"Major step, but...": BRS MLC K Kavitha flags "omissions" in women's reser
Updated : 2 years, 6 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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"Women’s empowerment intrinsic to BJP’s work culture": Amit Shah
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said that women empowerment was not a political issue for the BJP but an idea that is intrinsic to its work culture.
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