Very Disappointed There Is No OBC Quota In Women Bill: BJP's Uma Bharti
NDTV
In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, she demanded that half the seats in the women's quota be reserved for SC/STs and OBCs, and backward class women from the Muslim community should also get a benefit.
Senior BJP leader Uma Bharti on Tuesday said she was disappointed that the bill reserving 33 per cent seats for women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies does not carve out a quota for women from the Other Backward Classes (OBCs).
In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, she demanded that half the seats in the women's quota be reserved for SC/STs and OBCs, and backward class women from the Muslim community should also get a benefit.
The constitutional amendment bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha by the BJP-led Union government earlier in the day. It proposes that the reservation will continue for 15 years and there will be one-third quota for women also within the seats reserved for SC/STs.
