Women’s Reservation Bill Passed by Lok Sabha, PM Modi Thanks All MPs

Lok Sabha passes Women's Reservation Bill granting 33% seats to women in Lok Sabha and state legislative assemblies

New Delhi: Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Women’s Reservation Bill granting 33 per cent seats to women in Lok Sabha and state legislative assemblies. On Wednesday, Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal moved the women’s reservation bill for passage in the Lok Sabha, saying it is a very important bill and urging members to pass it with unanimity.

The minister said it will be really good if there is consensus in passing the bill.

Meghwal said the government will consider whatever suggestions come up during the discussion on the bill. He asserted that if Parliament decides, the quota for women can be extended beyond 15 years.

The constitutional amendment bill ‘Narishakti Vandan Adhiniyam’ was introduced in the Lower House on Tuesday. It was also the first bill introduced in the new Parliament building. The bill provides for 33 per cent reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies. The reservation will come into effect only after the completion of the delimitation exercise.

Pass women’s reservation bill unanimously, shortcomings can be rectified later: Amit Shah

Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday appealed to the opposition for the unanimous passage of the women’s reservation bill and said shortcomings, if any, can be rectified at a later date. Brushing aside apprehensions of a delay in the bill’s implementation, Shah said the next government will conduct the census and the delimitation exercise immediately after the elections and set in motion the process to make reservation for women in Lok Sabha and state Assemblies a reality.

Intervening in the debate on the Constitution (128th Amendment) Bill, Shah indicated that women’s reservation will become a reality after 2029. He said the passage of the women’s reservation bill will mark the start of a new era, and recalled that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had presented the vision of women-led development at the recent G20 Summit.

Women’s Reservation Bill Incomplete Without OBC Quota: Rahul Gandhi in Lok Sabha

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said in Lok Sabha that he supports the women’s reservation bill but lamented that the measure was “incomplete” as it lacks quota for other backward classes. Participating in the debate in Lok Sabha on the women’s reservation bill, he also said the President should have been invited when the transfer of proceedings took place from the old to the new Parliament building.

He also pushed for a caste census. The MP from Wayanad said a huge step in the transfer of power to women was Panchayati Raj and the present bill was another big step.