New Delhi: The BJP today said the 16th lok sabha should be the one which passes the much-delayed women’s reservation bill.
Sushma Swaraj said, lot of parties have spoken about women empowerment, but we have done our bit by making a woman the chief minister of Gujarat. We also have 25% women in our cabinet and even the speaker of Lok Sabha is a woman.
Urging all members of the house to support the bill when it is introduced in parliament, Swaraj named leader of Congress in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge and said, I request you to support the women’s reservation bill when we introduce it just as we did when you introduced.
The government Monday announced a policy of zero tolerance for violence against women, and said it was committed to providing 33% reservation to women in parliament and state legislatures.
The bill, which reserves 33% of seats in parliament and the state legislatures for women, lapsed for the fourth time with the 15th Lok Sabha holding its last sitting ahead of the April-May general elections.
Bureau Report
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