In the currently ongoing extraordinary session of Parliament, the Women's Reservation Bill, which seeks to provide a 33 percent quota for women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies, was introduced in the Lok Sabha. Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged the Opposition to unanimously pass the "Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam" Bill, which has been pending for almost 30 years, on September 19 by referring to it as a "historic day."
" On this major occasion in the new Parliament structure,
as the first proceeding of the House,
the morning of all the
Parliamentarians opening gateways for women power is being done with this pivotal decision," Prime
Minister Modi said in Lok Sabha.
PM Modi blazoned that his government is" bringing
an important indigenous correction
bill", taking forward" our resoluteness of women- led development"
" Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam' will further empower our republic,"
said PM Modi." There have been numerous debates in the history regarding
women's reservation. and I
appeal to lawgivers
to support the bill," the Prime
Minister said.
" We want
further and further women to join the development process
of the country," he added,
before Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal presented the bill to lawgivers.
Women regard for nearly half of the country's 950 million registered choosers but make
for only 15 of congress
and about
10 of state houses.
The bill, formerly
approved, will see the number of women MPs in Lok Sabha go up to 181 from the current 82, Meghwal said.
Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
credited his party for the women's share bill." Former Congress governments under Rajiv
Gandhi, PV Narasimha Rao, and Manmohan Singh had constantly tried to pass the bill to give reservation for women," he said.
Chowdhury also claimed that the Women's Reservation Bill, which was passed in the Rajya Sabha during the Congress governance under Manmohan
Singh, was still pending.
still, Union Home
Minister Amit Shah combated the claim by stating that the bill had formerly lapsed.
WOMEN'S RESERVATION BILL-
HIGHLIGHTS
The, Constitution( One Hundred and Twenty Eighth Amendment) Bill, 2023, seeks
to introduce
three new papers and one new clause in the
Constitution.
1. New clause in 239AA Seats shall be reserved for women in the Delhi Legislative
Assembly, 1/ 3rd of the seats reserved for SCs shall be reserved for women, 1/ 3rd of total number of seats to be filled by direct choices shall be reserved for women through law determined by congress
2. New Composition- 330A Reservation for women in Lok Sabha- 1/ 3rd of seats reserved for SCs and STs shall be reserved for women, 1/ 3rd of total seats to be filled by direct choices to the Lok Sabha
shall be reserved for women
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