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The profoundly discussed issue of 33 percent reservation for ladies in legaislative bodies got a jolt on Thursday when Congress president Sonia Gandhi wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, encouraging him to guarantee the quick section of the Women’s Reservation Bill in the Lok Sabha.
In a letter routed to the Prime minister Narendra Modi , Congress president Sonia Gandhi asked for him to “take advantage” of the BJP’s majority part in the lower house of Parliament to get the 21-year-old bill passed.
I am writing to ask for you to exploit your larger part in the Lok Sabha to now get the ladies’ reservation bill passed in the Lower House also,” Assuring Modi of Congress support to the Bill, Sonia wrote, “I am writing to request you to take advantage of your majority in the Lok Sabha to now get the Women’s Reservation Bill passed in the Lower House as well.
The Congress party has always and will continue to support this legislation, which will be a significant step forward in the empowerment of women,” she wrote. Sonia wrote in the letter, dated September 20. She likewise guaranteed that her party, the Congress, would give full suppport to the legislation, which she said would be a “noteworthy” advance forward in the strengthening of ladies.
The Women’s Reservation Bill, presented by the Deve Gowda government on September 12, 1996, looks for 33% of seats in Lok Sabha and state assemblies be held for ladies. It had been passed by the Rajya Sabha in March 9 2010 when the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) was in power.
however couldn’t be taken up for exchange in the lower house. The bill slipped by after the disintegration of the fifteenth Lok Sabha in 2014.