Sonia Gandhi is likely to be Congress’s keynote speaker on the Women’s Reservation Bill

Yesterday, the chairman of the Congress Party, when he arrived at the old parliament building, said: ‘It’s ours. Apna hain.’

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The Congress has accused the Center of commandeering the Women’s Retention Bill, which they said was brought by their government. Notably, in 2008, the Manmohan Singh-led UPA government introduced the bill in the Rajya Sabha, and it was passed in 2010. However, the bill was never taken up for consideration in the Lok Sabha.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that the Union Cabinet has approved the Women Reservation Bill.

On Wednesday, during the five-day special session of Parliament, the Crucila bill will be taken up for discussion when the House meets at 11am.

The Women’s Reservation Bill seeks a 33% quota for women in Lok Sabha and state assemblies. According to Union Law Minister Arjun Meghwal, the number of seats for women in Lok Sabha will increase to 181 after the passage of the Women’s Reservation Bill in Parliament.

The Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Eighth Amendment) Bill, 2023 seeks to introduce three new articles and one new clause into the Constitution.

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According to a new clause in 239AA, seats will be reserved for women in the Delhi Legislative Assembly, 1/3rd of the seats reserved for SCs will be reserved for women, and 1/3rd of the total seats to be elected through direct elections fulfilled, are reserved. be reserved for women through a law established by parliament.

Under the new Article 330A, reservation for women in Lok Sabha, 1/3rd of the seats reserved for SCs and STs will be reserved for women, and 1/3rd of the total seats to be filled by direct elections to the Lok Sabha are reserved for women. women.

As per the new Article 332A, the reserved seats for women in every State Legislative Assembly, 1/3rd of the seats reserved for SCs and STs will be reserved for women, and 1/3rd of the total seats to be filled will be are reserved for women through direct elections to the LA.

334A, a new section says that the reservation will take effect after the delimitation has been carried out after the relevant figures for the first census have been published. The rotation of seats for women will take effect after each subsequent exercise of the delimitation.

Updated: Sep 20, 2023 08:08 IST