Confident of the numbers to clear it, the Narendra Modi government assured the Lok Sabha on Wednesday that it will bring the long-pending legislation on 33% reservation for women in Parliament in the present regime and urged all the other parties to support it.
Speaking on the motion of thanks to the presidential address on Wednesday, external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj told the Lok Sabha that one of the unique features of the Narendra Modi government is the manner in which it has empowered women. Giving instances she said, 25% (that is 6) of the 23 members in the Cabinet are women, a woman has replaced Modi as chief minister (Anandiben Patel) in Gujarat and the first woman Speaker in Lok Sabha (Meira Kumar in the UPA-II regime) has also been replaced by a senior woman MP (Sumita Mahajan).
Therefore, Swaraj told the House that, the government will bring the women's reservation bill soon and was confident of passing this "milestone legislation." She addressed the Congress leadership in the Opposition benches and said, "when you brought the women's reservation bill we supported it, hence when we bring it in the 16th Lok Sabha you (Congress) should support it. She also urged all the other parties to support the bill.
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Confident of the numbers to clear it, the Narendra Modi government assured the Lok Sabha on Wednesday that it will bring the long-pending legislation on 33% reservation for women in Parliament in the present regime and urged all the other parties to support it.
Speaking on the motion of thanks to the presidential address on Wednesday, external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj told the Lok Sabha that one of the unique features of the Narendra Modi government is the manner in which it has empowered women. Giving instances she said, 25% (that is 6) of the 23 members in the Cabinet are women, a woman has replaced Modi as chief minister (Anandiben Patel) in Gujarat and the first woman Speaker in Lok Sabha (Meira Kumar in the UPA-II regime) has also been replaced by a senior woman MP (Sumita Mahajan).
Therefore, Swaraj told the House that, the government will bring the women's reservation bill soon and was confident of passing this "milestone legislation." She addressed the Congress leadership in the Opposition benches and said, "when you brought the women's reservation bill we supported it, hence when we bring it in the 16th Lok Sabha you (Congress) should support it. She also urged all the other parties to support the bill.
We invite our users to read the full article published June 12 2014