Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadanvis lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the historical passage of 'Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam' in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha and said that this will be a milestone and will have an important contribution in the history of India.
The Women's Reservation Bill which is called 'Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam' was passed in the Rajya Sabha Thursday. While the Lok Sabha had already given its nod to the Bill on Wednesday.
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat praised the Indian Parliament for passing the 'Nari Shakti Vandan Act 2023' or the Women's Reservation Bill and called the decision helpful in making the nation “strong and inclusive”.
Bharatiya Janata Party chief JP Nadda said on Friday that the Women's Reservation Bill passed in the Parliament is a historic moment and will be remembered for a long period of time.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said the Women’s Reservation Bill is a “distraction tactic” by the BJP-led government to take away the attention of people from demands such as caste census and said nobody knows when the legislation will be implemented.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam is not an ordinary law but a proclamation of New India's democratic commitment.
The Upper House, on Thursday, passed the bill, which provides 33 per cent reservation for women in the Lok Sabha as well as the state legislative assemblies, unanimously, with 214 members voting in support and none against.
Several women MPs across party lines set aside their differences to unequivocally call the passage of the women's reservation Bill, aptly titled 'Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam', as historic.
The women's reservation Bill or the 'Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam', guaranteeing quota for women in legislative bodies, was the first Bill to be taken up for discussion and debate by the new Parliament before its eventual passage on Thursday.
Thanking Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the women's reservation Bill, titled Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, was passed in both Houses of Parliament, Union Minister Meenakashi Lekhi on Thursday said women have got their due after a long struggle.
Even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi earned praise from both sides of the political aisle following the historic passage of the women's reservation Bill in Parliament, the Congress MPs on Thursday flagged the omission of the OBC sub-quota from the draft legislation.
Welcoming the passage of the women's reservation Bill, or 'Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam', in the Parliament on Thursday, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said a golden, new chapter has been added to the history of Indian democracy.