Centre Must "Make Its Stand Clear On Women's Reservation Bill": Congress
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The Congress' assertion came on a day BRS leader K Kavitha was observing a hunger strike seeking passage of the long-pending bill in the second part of the Budget session.
The Congress on Friday asked the BJP to make its stand clear on the Women's Reservation Bill and demanded that it be tabled in Lok Sabha in the upcoming second part of the Budget Session of Parliament.
The Congress' assertion came on a day BRS leader K Kavitha was observing a hunger strike seeking passage of the long-pending bill in the second part of the Budget session starting March 13.
In a tweet, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said, "The landmark Women's Reservation Bill was passed in the Rajya Sabha on 9th March 2010, ENTIRELY due to the efforts of the Congress leadership." "But it could not find support in Lok Sabha. The Bill has not lapsed. It is alive and pending. What has stopped it from being revived?" he said.
Asked about the bill at a press conference here, Congress leader Alka Lamba said when the bill was passed in Rajya Sabha, Congress did not have a majority in the Lok Sabha and it was a coalition government.
