Women’s Reservation bill
- 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…
- Politics
Sonia Gandhi to lead Congress in LS on Women’s Reservation Bill
New Delhi: Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) chairperson Sonia Gandhi will lead debate on Women’s Reservation Bill in Lok Sabha. Sources said that Sonia Gandhi will lead the party on the long awaited…
- India
Bihar CM Nitish welcomes women’s reservation bill but with riders
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday welcomed the women’s reservation bill brought by the Narendra Modi government at the Centre, but with a few riders, including quotas for women from…
- India
Women’s quota bill needs provision to encourage those from non-political background: Activists
New Delhi: Cautioning against any quota for women in Parliament and assemblies becoming a token exercise, rights activists on Tuesday said there should be provisions to encourage those from non-political background to…
- Telangana
Women’s Reservation Bill: Kavitha expresses ‘happiness’ and ‘hope’
Hyderabad: Ruling BRS MLC in Telangana K Kavitha, who has been a vocal proponent of the Women’s Reservation Bill, on Tuesday hoped that the bill would be passed in both Houses of…
- India
Kharge, Sitharaman spar in RS over Women’s Reservation Bill
Mallikarjun Kharge and Nirmala Sitharaman engaged in a heated exchange in the Rajya Sabha regarding the Women’s Reservation Bill. The bill, seeking 33 percent reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and…
- Delhi
It’s not Women’s Reservation Bill but a bill to befool women: AAP’s Atishi
New Delhi: Senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Atishi on Tuesday alleged that the Women’s Reservation Bill is a bill to befool women ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. The government…
- India
PM Modi urges Rajya Sabha MPs to unanimously approve Women’s Reservation Bill
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday appealed to Rajya Sabha members to unanimously approve the women’s reservation bill – Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam – when it comes to the Upper…
- India
‘No quota for Muslims, OBCs’: AIMIM against Women’s Reservation Bill
AIMIM chief and Hyderabad Lok Sabha MP Asaduddin Owaisi said that his party is against the Women’s reservation bill as there is no quota for women from the Muslim, OBC communities in…
- India
Mayawati says BSP will support Women’s Reservation Bill
Lucknow: BSP supremo Mayawati on Tuesday said her party will support any bill that allows reservation for women in Parliament and other legislatures, even if the party’s demand for a quota for…
- India
Govt will introduce Women’s Reservation Bill in Lok Sabha today: Sources
New Delhi: The women’s Reservation Bill is likelt to be introduced in the Lok Sabha today during the ongoing special session of the Parliament and in Rajya Sabha on September 21, government…
- Kashmir
A great step: Mehbooba Mufti on women’s reservation bill
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday welcomed the Union cabinet’s purported decision to approve the Women’s Reservation Bill for discussion in parliament, calling it a great step. “Having…
- India
‘It is ours’, says Sonia on Women’s Reservation Bill
New Delhi: Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday reacted to the Union Cabinet clearing the long-awaited Women’s Reservation Bill, saying “it is ours”. Sonia Gandhi’s sharp reply came after…
