Epochal Women’s Bill Sails Through


 

THE proceedings of the two Houses of Parliament started in the new building on Ganesh Chaturthi with the introduction of the Narishakti Vandan Adhiniyam, a Bill providing for women’s reservation in the Lok Sabha and state Assemblies.

After a day-long debate the next day, the Government was able to secure a comfortable two-thirds majority needed to pass the Bill with 454 MPs voting in favour, while two opposed its passage. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was in the House when the voting took place, said the Government was committed to making this Bill into a law. The Government intent was clear. After the Bill’s passage in this session in the Rajya Sabha,


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