Women’s Reservation bill
- India
SP, RLD slam govt over inherent delay in women’s bill implementation
Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party and the Rashtriya Lok Dal have demanded that the provision for women’s reservation should be made applicable in the run-up to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and the…
- Delhi
Women’s Reservation Bill introduced in Rajya Sabha
Delhi: A landmark bill to reserve one-third of the seats in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies for women was introduced in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, with Law Minister Arjun Ram…
- Politics
‘We voted against so that…’: Asaduddin Owaisi on women’s quota bill
New Delhi: 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)…
- India
Lok Sabha passes Women’s Reservation Bill after hours of debate
The historic bill providing 33 per cent reservation in Parliament and state assemblies to women was passed in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday after hours of heated debate. This was the first…
- India
Women’s Quota Bill: Amit Shah brushes ‘implementation delay’ worry aside
New Delhi: 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…
- India
Women’s reservation bill incomplete without OBC quota: Rahul in LS
New Delhi: Expressing support for the women’s reservation bill in Lok Sabha, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday batted for its immediate implementation and said that the legislation is “incomplete” without provision for…
- India
‘Centre deceiving Muslim women’: Owaisi on Women’s Reservation Bill
New Delhi: AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday opposed the women’s reservation bill saying it would provide reservation only to “savarna women”, and questioned why OBC and Muslim women who have even…
- India
Smriti Irani attacks Sonia Gandhi on Women’s Reservation Bill
New Delhi: Launching an attack on Sonia Gandhi, Union minister Smriti Irani on Wednesday said in Lok Sabha that the Congress leader clarified in her speech earlier in the day that the…
- Chennai
Stalin dubs women’s reservation bill ‘poll gimmick’
Chennai: DMK President and Chief Minister M K Stalin dubbed the Women’s Reservation Bill in its current form a “poll gimmick”, pointing out that it is “strange trick” to adopt a bill…
- India
Women’s Reservation Bill: Sonia Gandhi demands OBC, SC-ST quota
As debate over the Women’s Reservation Bill in the Lok Sabha began on Wednesday, September 20, former Congress President Sonia Gandhi said that her party supports the legislation, but demanded a reservation…
- India
Law Minister Meghwal moves women’s reservation bill for consideration and passage in LS
New Delhi: Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal on Wednesday moved the women’s reservation bill for consideration and passage in the Lok Sabha, saying it is a step towards women empowerment. It…
- India
This is ‘Mahila Bewakoof Banao’ Bill: AAP’s Sanjay Singh
New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday dubbed the Women’s Reservation Bill tabled by the government in the Lok Sabha as ‘Mahila Bewakoof Banao’ Bill, and said this was another…
- India
Govt publicising Women’s Reservation Bill in view of polls: Kharge
New Delhi: Ahead of the discussion on Women’s Reservation Bill in Lok Sabha, Congress President and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday questioned the intention of the government,…
- India
Congress never serious about women’s reservation or their empowerment: BJP
New Delhi: The Congress was never serious about providing reservation to women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies, the BJP alleged on Tuesday after the government introduced a bill in this…
- India
Centre to seek passage of Women’s Reservation Bill in Lok Sabha today
New Delhi: The Central government on Wednesday will seek passage of the Women’s Reservation Bill in Lok Sabha. Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal will move the Bill in the Lok Sabha for…
