 "Women's Reservation Bill brought by Centre guarantees quota till 15 years, says Smriti Irani")
Union Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani on Wednesday said that the Women’s Reservation Bill brought by the PM Modi-led government guarantees quota to women till 15 years after the implementation of the Bill which was not the case in the Bill proposed by the Congress earlier. Addressing the Lok Sabha during a debate on the Bill, the Union Minister said, “When this bill was brought, some people said that it is “our bill”…UPA chairman Sonia Gandhi in an article of the proposed bill had said that ’no seat shall be reserved for women belonging to SC/ST in the third general elections’…..But the bill brought by this government guarantees reservation to women till 15 years after the implementation of this bill….”
#WATCH | Union Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani speaks on Women's Reservation Bill in Lok Sabha
— ANI (@ANI) September 20, 2023
"When this bill was brought, some people said that it is "our bill"...UPA chairman Sonia Gandhi in an article of the proposed bill had said that "no seat shall be… pic.twitter.com/h7kjBL3RMD
She called upon the Opposition to step up and support Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam.
#WATCH | "...We have made women count. And it is time for you to step up in the opposition, and not mere reduce your words to paper, to speech, but speak with action and support Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam," says Union Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani on Women's… pic.twitter.com/KAMwpt5E4K
— ANI (@ANI) September 20, 2023
“…We have made women count. And it is time for you to step up in the Opposition, and not mere reduce your words to paper, to speech, but speak with action and support Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam,” said Irani. Irani said that if we look from the perspective of the dignity of the Constitution, then (Goddess) Lakshmi has taken a Constitutional form through this (Women’s Reservation) Bill. On Tuesday, the NDA government introduced the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, reserving 33 per cent of seats for women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies. The Manmohan Singh-led UPA government introduced the Women’s Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha in 2008, which it passed in 2010. However, the Bill never reached the Lok Sabha for consideration. The Bill was also one of the key poll promises the BJP had made in the run-up to both the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday urged members of both houses of Parliament to pass the bill unanimously, asserting that it would further strengthen Indian democracy. “The Narishakti Vandan Adhiniyam will further strengthen our democracy. I congratulate mothers, sisters and daughters of the nation for Narishakti Vandan Adhiniyam. I assure all mothers, sisters and daughters of the nation that we are committed to making this bill into a law,” PM Modi said. With inputs from agencies
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