Parliament LIVE: Lok Sabha unanimously passes Women's Reservation Bill 2023

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7:34 PM

Lok Sabha passes historic Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam

Lok Sabha passes historic Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam. The bill will now move to Rajya Sabha.

7:31 PM

Lok Sabha unanimously passes Women's Reservation Bill 2023

The voting result is as follows

YES: 454

NO: 2

7:09 PM

The voting has now commenced. Here is how it will happen

Members will fill in a slip to record their vote for the bill. The green side of slip indicates YES, while the red indicates NO. Members will have to fill their name, ID number, constituencyMembers will fill in a slip to record their vote for the bill. The green side of the slip indicates YES, while the red indicates NO. Members will have to fill in their name, ID number, and constituency. Those who wish to abstain from voting can ask for a yellow slip. 

 

Once the members have filled in their slips, the house officials will collect the slips for counting.

 

The voting has now commenced.

7:02 PM

Lok Sabha will vote to pass the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam shortly

Lok Sabha will vote to pass the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam shortly. This will be done through paper votes. Important thing to note here is that Constitutional amendmets are passed through voting.

6:39 PM

60 members have participated in the discussion of this Bill: Arjun Meghwal

60 members, including the prime minister, home minister, LOP, have participated in the discussion of this Bill: Arjun Meghwal

6:32 PM

Not supporting the bill will not bring the reservation any faster: Amit Shah

Not supporting the bill will not bring the reservation any faster, therefore supporting it is the best way to go ahead: Amit Shah

6:30 PM

Delimitation Commission will decide which constituencies are to be reserved for women: Amit Shah

Delimitation Commission will decide which constituencies are to be reserved for women. Hence, the time frame of 2026: Amit Shah

6:28 PM

We have 3 categories of MPs: General, SC, and ST. And there will be 33% reservation for women in each: Shah

We have 3 categories of MPs: General, SC, and ST. And there will be 33% reservation for women in each : Amit Shah

6:26 PM

I want to urge this house, all the parties to pass the Bill with unanimity: Amit Shah

I want to urge this house, all the parties to pass the Bill with unanimity: Amit Shah

6:15 PM

We want ensure the participation of women in policy-making: Amit Shah

We want ensure the participation of women in policy-making, hence we are bringing this bill: Amit Shah

6:12 PM

Our government has provided 100 million LPG connections: Amit Shah

Our government has provided 100 million LPG connections to women, and constructed 40 million houses: Amit Shah

6:10 PM

70% of Jan Dhan accounts are under women's name: Amit Shah

70% of Jan Dhan accounts are under women's name. All the money allotted for various schemes now go in the accounts of women: Amit Shah

6:09 PM

Women reservation is not at all a political issue for BJP: Amit Shah

6:08 PM

Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao has improved the sex ratio: Amit Shah

Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao has improved the sex ratio and dropout rate of women from education has drastically reduced: Amit Shah

6:06 PM

Modi donated his income to education of daughters of Class III and IV employees of Gujarat Sachivalay: Shah

When PM Modi resigned from the post of CM of Gujarat, he donated all his income to the education of the daughters of Class III and IV employees of Gujarat Sachivalay: Amit Shah

6:02 PM

Women will frame policies, once we pass this Bill: Amit Shah

Not only the women will get the benefit of the schemes but they will also get opportunity to frame those schemes, once we pass this Bill: Amit Shah

6:00 PM

1/3 of seats in Lok Sabha and all state assemblies will be reserved for the women: Amit Shah

The moment we pass this Bill, 1/3 of seats in Lok Sabha and all state assemblies will be reserved for the women of India: Amit Shah

5:56 PM

Home Minister begins his address in Lok Sabha

Home Minister Amit Shah begins his address in Lok Sabha

5:55 PM

I urge the government to pass this Bill right away: Rahul Gandhi

I urge the government to pass this Bill right away. Give 33% reservation immediately: Rahul Gandhi

5:52 PM

Only 3 secretaries in GoI come from OBC community: Rahul Gandhi

5:50 PM

OBC representation is very poor in several institutions: Rahul Gandhi

I see bureaucracy, judiciary, and other institutions, and I see that the OBC representation there is very poor: Rahul Gandhi

5:48 PM

BJP is distracting the people from real issues: Rahul Gandhi

The moment Opposition raises caste census issue, the BJP crops up another issue to distract the people: Rahul Gandhi

5:45 PM

OBC women deserve reservation: Rahul Gandhi

This is very important step for women. They are as capable as a man, in some cases even more. They deserve equal rights. But here OBC women deserve reservation: Rahul Gandhi

5:43 PM

The journey has been transfer of power to the people of India: Rahul Gandhi

The journey of our nation has been more and more transfer of power to the people of India: Rahul Gandhi

5:41 PM

I stand in support of women's reservation bill: Rahul Gandhi

I stand in support of women's reservation bill: Rahul Gandhi

5:40 PM

Rahul Gandhi begins his address

Rahul Gandhi begins his address in Lok Sabah

4:48 PM

Today is a very auspicious day as we got the chance to visit the new Parliament building: Rani Rampal

4:32 PM

Home Minister to address Lok Sabha

Home Minister Amit Shah will address the Lok Sabha shortly on Women's Reservation Bill

4:10 PM

I also when the delimitation process will take place because it is related to the Bill: Dimple Yadav

3:56 PM

Asaduddin Owaisi from AIMIM opposes Women's reservation bill

Asaduddin Owaisi from AIMIM opposes the bill, says Modi govt wants to increase representation only for 'savarana' women. This bill will affect the representation of OBC women, and Muslim women. 

 

"This is a woman deception bill, anti-OBC, anti-Muslim bill"