Bring in Women’s Reservation Bill, says Trinamool Congress
The Hindu
Derek O’ Brien says party will raise this in monsoon session of Parliament
Ahead of the monsoon session that begins on Monday, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) has raised the demand of bringing the long-pending Women’s Reservation Bill to Parliament. The Bill that seeks to reserve one-third of all seats for women in the Lok Sabha and the Legislative Assemblies was introduced in the Rajya Sabha in May 2008 by the UPA government and was referred to a standing committee. In 2010, it was passed in the House and transmitted finally to the Lok Sabha. The Bill lapsed with the 15th Lok Sabha. “It’s time we bring the Women’s Reservation Bill. The BJP, in its election manifestos of 2014 as well as 2019, had promised to bring in the Bill. So why have they not delivered so far,” TMC’s Parliamentary Party leader in the Rajya Sabha Derek O’ Brien said on Friday.More Related News