Historic Milestone: Women Quota Bill Approved by Parliament, Set to Become Law

Women’s Quota Legislation Clears Parliament, Paving the Way for Historic Legal Change

The bill received unanimous support from the Rajya Sabha, and there were no abstentions or negative votes. The bill cleared the Lok Sabha yesterday with the support of 454 MPs. Only the two MPs have voted against the Women Quota Bill. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been present in the Upper House for the voting and passing of the bill. The debates are very successful in the future, and the debates are helping us all. Thank everyone for their support of the bill.

• In the Lok Sabha, after the debate in the Rajya Sabha today, the timeline of the implementation can be placed after the census and the delimitation, and that pushes it back by six years. The India Bloc is in favor of immediate implementation.

• The amendment of this bill is not difficult; you can do this now but have postponed it till 2021. What does this mean? Congress Chief Mallikarjun Kharge said

• The Trinamool Congress Derek O Brien, the BJP, is not serious about empowering women. You could not find one woman in 16 NDA seats for the Chief Minister, he said at the debate in the Rajya Sabha.

• The former Union Minister of India, Kapil Sibal, said that we don’t know who will come to power, but they must make the statement that if they do not complete the process by 2029, they will resign as the Prime Minister and the Home Minister.

• Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in the debate that the center convened the special session to give a good start to the new Parliament building through the Historic Women Quota Bill, and the ruling party, the BJP, has not played any politics in these matters related to women.

The government has insisted the census and the delimitation are meant to ensure exactitude and transparency. The Delimitation Commission is the important body for all the polling processes in the country. If we are reserving the third seat, who will do it? Union Minister Amit Shah said. With the implementation of the Women’s Reservation Bill, the number of women has increased from the current 82 to 181. Besides, 33 percent of seats will be reserved for women in the state to assemble.

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