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Women's quota bill may be taken up by RS on women's day
New Delhi, Mar 3 (PTI) The long-pending Women's
Reservation bill is expected to be taken up for consideration
in the Rajya Sabha (Upper House of Indian Parliament) on March
eight, the International Women's Day.
"Government plans to bring the bill in the Rajya Sabha on
March eight for consideration and passing," India's
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal told
reporters.
The announcement came close on the heels of the Union
Cabinet clearing the Constitution Amendment bill in its
current form which envisages 33 per cent reservation for women
in the Lok Sabha (Lower House of Indian Parliament) and the
state Assemblies.
The Cabinet cleared the bill soon after a Parliamentary
Standing Committee gave its report "strongly" recommending
that the bill, which has been hanging fire for the past over a
decade, be passed at the earliest in its present form.
India's President Pratibha Patil, in her address to the
Joint sitting of Parliament recently, had asked members to
accord special attention to the measure.
The Business Advisory Committee will decide the exact
date on which the bill would be taken up by the Rajya Sabha.
Asked whether the Government has started talks with
parties like Samajwadi Party (SP) and Rashtriya Janata Dal
(RJD) which have reservation on the measure in its present
form, he said "we have not yet spoken to them".
Bansal's announcement came on a day when the Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) threw the ball in the government's court on
the bill, saying it was willing to support the measure but the
government will have to bring it before Parliament.
"If the government has the political will, it will bring
the bill (before Parliament for passage)," BJP leader Venkaiah
Naidu told reporters.
"The BJP is ready to support the Bill in its present
form. It is for the government to bring about a consensus
among political parties. If not, they should bring the bill in
its present form," he said.
The bill has been hanging fire primarily due to lack of
consensus among political parties, some of which have been
demanding a quota within quota for backward classes. PTI SPG
MRD
Reservation bill is expected to be taken up for consideration
in the Rajya Sabha (Upper House of Indian Parliament) on March
eight, the International Women's Day.
"Government plans to bring the bill in the Rajya Sabha on
March eight for consideration and passing," India's
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal told
reporters.
The announcement came close on the heels of the Union
Cabinet clearing the Constitution Amendment bill in its
current form which envisages 33 per cent reservation for women
in the Lok Sabha (Lower House of Indian Parliament) and the
state Assemblies.
The Cabinet cleared the bill soon after a Parliamentary
Standing Committee gave its report "strongly" recommending
that the bill, which has been hanging fire for the past over a
decade, be passed at the earliest in its present form.
India's President Pratibha Patil, in her address to the
Joint sitting of Parliament recently, had asked members to
accord special attention to the measure.
The Business Advisory Committee will decide the exact
date on which the bill would be taken up by the Rajya Sabha.
Asked whether the Government has started talks with
parties like Samajwadi Party (SP) and Rashtriya Janata Dal
(RJD) which have reservation on the measure in its present
form, he said "we have not yet spoken to them".
Bansal's announcement came on a day when the Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) threw the ball in the government's court on
the bill, saying it was willing to support the measure but the
government will have to bring it before Parliament.
"If the government has the political will, it will bring
the bill (before Parliament for passage)," BJP leader Venkaiah
Naidu told reporters.
"The BJP is ready to support the Bill in its present
form. It is for the government to bring about a consensus
among political parties. If not, they should bring the bill in
its present form," he said.
The bill has been hanging fire primarily due to lack of
consensus among political parties, some of which have been
demanding a quota within quota for backward classes. PTI SPG
MRD
