Page 5 - Women's Reservation Bill

Gowda urges Modi to consider passing Reservation Bill before LS polls

Former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to consider passing the Women's Reservation Bill, before the 2024 general (Lok Sabha) elections. Pointing out that the government led by Modi enjoys a majority in Parliament and may be successful in passing it, the JD(S) patriarch in his letter to the Prime Minister said, to accord one third reservation to women in legislative assemblies and parliament is an idea whose time has come. "When the Election Commission announced polls in Karnataka recently, and released the number of eligible women voters in the State, it was not a surprise that they were nearly fifty per cent of the total electorate. The statistics are not different in other states of India. This made me revisit the idea of reservations for women in legislative assemblies and parliament," Gowda said. In a letter dated April 10 which was released on Saturday, he highlighted that as Prime Minister he had brought the Women's Reservation Bill to ...

BRS's Kavitha leads hunger strike seeking passage of Women Reservation bill

A day ahead of her appearance before the Enforcement Directorate in the excise scam case, BRS leader K Kavitha on Friday commenced a six-hour hunger strike seeking passage of the long-pending Women's Reservation Bill in the second part of the Budget session of Parliament starting March 13. CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury, who inaugurated the strike programme at Jantar Mantar here, also demanded that the Modi government should bring this bill in this session of Parliament. Among leaders present at the strike were Shyam Rajak (RJD), Seema Shukla (SP), NCP spokesperson, Telangana Education Minister Sabitha Indra Reddy as well as state Women and Child Welfare Minister Satyavathi Rathod. Women leaders from Andhra Pradesh were also present. Sanjay Singh and Chitra Sarwara (AAP), Naresh Gujral (Akali Dal), Anjum Javed Mirza (PDP), Shami Firdous (NC), Sushmita Dev (TMC), KC Tyagi (JDU), Seema Malik (NCP), Narayana K (CPI), Shyam Rajak (RLD), Priyanka Chaturvedi (Shiva Sena) and ex-Congress ...

A new legislation for women's representation: The need of the hour

Bifurcating constituencies into two separate sections - each to be represented by a man and a woman respectively - can be accomplished within a few months

Winter session: Oppn demands discussion on border issue with China

Matters will be taken up in keeping with House norms: Centre at all-party meet

TMC to push for introduction of Women's Reservation Bill in RS

The bill seeks to reserve one-third seats in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies for women.

BJP failed to pass Women's Reservation Bill, didn't keep poll promise: TMC

Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Derek O'Brien Sunday slammed the Centre over the Women's Reservation Bill, accusing the BJP of failing to pass the legislation

Women and power-sharing: Only a few in positions of political clout

Whether reservation for women in Parliament is the right tool for empowerment is a debatable issu

Rajya Sabha MPs urge govt to pass Women's Reservation Bill in Lok Sabha

Women members spoke in favour of the legislation after Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu allowed short submissions

Introduce Women's Reservation Bill in Parliament immediately: CPI-M to govt

Members cutting across party lines associated themselves with the demand raised by CPI-M member

Naidu urges parties to ensure passage of Women's Reservation Bill

Naidu pointed out that reservation of seats for women in Panchayats and Municipalities has proved to be successful

Congress to submit signatures on Women's Reservation Bill to President

The Congress MP said they had sought time to meet the President and urge him to impress on the government to take steps for the early passage of the bill

To recapture political narrative, govt looking at Women's Reservation Bill

New Delhi, 19 SeptemberIn an effort to seize back the political narrative that is slipping away because of steep oil prices, lack of job growth and economic downturn, the Narendra Modi government is mulling bringing the women's reservation Bill in the winter session of Parliament.The Bill provides for reserving a third of all seats for women in the Lok Sabha and state legislative assemblies, including in the seats reserved for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. The Bill has had a tortuous history. It was first introduced in 1996, and lapsed thrice with the dissolution of the respective Lok Sabhas. It was passed by the Rajya Sabha in 2010 during the Congress-led UPA2 regime. Its passage in the Lok Sabha was resisted by allies of the Congress. But unlike the Lok Sabha, the Rajya Sabha is a continuous House and the Bill is pending with the House.Sources said a final decision is yet to be taken but consultations are on and the leadership is keen to build on the Prime Minister's 'Beti .

NDA govt will push for women's reservation bill: Nupur Sharma

The bill was passed in Rajya Sabha in 2010 but subsequently lapsed following the dissolution of the 15th Lok Sabha

Women should become effective as people's representatives: PM

Narendra Modi said 'we must think beyond women's development' and move towards 'women-led development'

No time frame for bringing Women's Reservation Bill: Govt

Law Minister said before bringing a bill for amendment before Parliament, issue involved needs careful consideration