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News agency ANI, citing sources, said that the women’s reservation bill has been approved by the cabinet. Union Minister Prahlad Patel also posted on social media saying that the bill will be approved. However, after some time he deleted the tweet.
According to media reports, there is also talk that the central government may increase the seats in the Lok Sabha to 180. At present there are 543 seats in the Lok Sabha. If the government decides to increase the seats, this figure will increase to 743.
Here now the competition has started among the parties to get credit on the Women’s Reservation Bill. Sonia Gandhi reached the Parliament House on Tuesday and while talking to the media said that the Women’s Reservation Bill was given by the Congress. BJP MPs say that it is possible if Modi is there.
Nadda’s instructions to the MPs – do not make a fuss
After the cabinet meeting, a two-hour meeting was held with 30 MPs at BJP president JP Nadda’s house. Sources said that MP Gautam Gambhir, Meenakshi Lekhi, Mahesh Sharma, Kiran Rijiju attended the meeting.
According to the sources, Nadda said- Last time when the Women’s Reservation Bill was brought in the Lok Sabha, there was a lot of controversy over it, so this time the MPs have been briefed so that such a situation does not arise. The MPs should decide that the bill should be discussed without any fuss.
The Women’s Reservation Bill has been pending for three decades
The proposal for women’s reservation in Parliament has been pending for almost 3 decades. The issue was first raised in 1974 by the Committee to Assess the Status of Women. In 2010, the Manmohan government passed the 33% reservation bill for women in the Rajya Sabha with a majority.
The SP and RJD then opposed the bill and threatened to withdraw support from the then UPA government. After this, this bill was not introduced in the Lok Sabha. Since then the Women’s Reservation Bill has been pending.
SP-RJD’s reasoning behind opposing the bill
SP and RJD women were demanding separate quota for OBCs. The SP-RJD’s argument behind opposing the bill was that it would only increase the representation of urban women in Parliament. Both parties are demanding that the existing reservation bill in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha should have a quota of one-third seats for women belonging to backward classes (OBCs) and scheduled castes (SCs).
If the bill is passed, there will be 180 women in the Lok Sabha, currently there are only 78.
Media reports have claimed that the Women’s Reservation Bill will be introduced in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. It was passed in the Rajya Sabha in 2010 itself. There is a provision to give 33% reservation to women. If this bill is passed, every third member of the House will be a woman after the next Lok Sabha elections.
According to a report by news agency PTI, this reservation will be applicable in Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabhas. After the bill is passed, it will go to the President for assent. This bill will be implemented in the elections to be held after it becomes law.
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