Why Voting On Women's Quota In New Parliament Took Time Today

The Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha held sessions for the first time in the new parliament on Tuesday. The old parliament has been named Samvidhan Sadan (Constitution House)

Voting on the women's reservation bill in the new parliament building today took time due to several reasons, one of them being the absence of electronic voting.

The women's quota bill was passed by the Lok Sabha today after a long debate between ruling party leaders and the Opposition. It proposes 33 per cent reservation for women in parliament and state assemblies.

The voting took time as the leaders were not yet assigned seats and divisions in the new parliament, which prevented electronic voting from taking place.