The Women Reservation Bill was passed at the Union Cabinet Meeting held in Delhi on Monday, reports said. External Affairs Minister Prahlad Singh Patel had also confirmed that the Women Reservation Bill was passed in the Union Cabinet meeting led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“Only the Modi government had the moral courage to meet the demand for women’s rights. This was evident from the cabinet’s approval. Congratulations @narendramodi ji and congratulations to the Modi government @PMOIndia @BJP4India@BJP4MP,” Patel had written on microblogging site ‘X’ (formerly Twitter).
Patel is the Minister of State for Food Processing Industries and Jal Shakti.
However, Minister Patel later deleted the tweet.
The reported decision to approve the Women Reservation Bill was taken at the Union Cabinet meeting in Delhi chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. According to a PTI The report has asked several BJP ministers and MPs to bring women voters to Parliament in the coming days. BJP president JP Nadda met many of them on Monday.
The cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi lasted more than ninety minutes.
Cutting across political lines, leaders have demanded introduction of the Women’s Reservation Act, which guarantees a 33 percent quota in Lok Sabha and state assemblies.
The Women’s Reservation Bill passed by the Rajya Sabha in 2010 provided 33 percent reservation for women in Lok Sabha and state assemblies.
The Cabinet meeting was attended by Union ministers including Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Piyush Goyal, Pralhad Joshi, S Jaishankar, Nirmala Sitharaman, Dharmendra Pradhan, Nitin Gadkari and Arjun Ram Meghwal.
Ever since it was announced that the session of Parliament would take place from September 18 to 22, there has been speculation about several bills, including the women’s reservation bill.
In his remarks in Lok Sabha on the discussion on 75 years of Parliament, he stated that the contribution of women parliamentarians has increased over the years.
Congress spokesperson Jairam Ramesh welcomed the “reported decision” of the Union Cabinet.
“It has been a long-standing demand of the Congress party to implement the women’s reservation. We welcome the reported decision of the Union Cabinet and await the details of the bill. This could well have been discussed at the all-party meeting before the Special Meeting. Sessions and consensus could have been built instead of operating under a veil of secrecy,” Ramesh said on X.
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Updated: Sep 18, 2023 10:58 PM IST