Parliament Special Session Highlights: Women’s quota bill will pave way for empowerment, says PM Modi in RS; Ruckus over Kharge’s comments | India News
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Special Session of Parliament Day 2 Highlights(September 19): Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the Rajya Sabha on the first day of House proceedings in the new Parliament, and said that that the long-standing women’s reservation bill, will “pave way for women’s empowerment.” Following PM Modi’s speech, pandemonium prevailed in the Upper House after LoP Mallikarjun Kharge took a jibe at the Centre, and said political parties ‘prefer weak women’ for parliamentary positions.
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Earlier, the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Amendment) Bill, 2023, was introduced by Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal, amid ruckus in the Lok Sabha. The PM earlier made a pitch for women-led development. He also talked about the history of the women’s reservation Bill, and previous attempts to introduce and pass it by various governments. The Union Cabinet, chaired by Modi, on Monday cleared the women’s reservation bill, which seeks to provide 33 per cent quota to women in Parliament and state legislatures.
The legislation is unlikely to be implemented in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, sources said. It will be rolled out only after the delimitation process is over, most probably in 2029, they added. Responding to questions about the Bill, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi said, “It is ours, apna hai.” Modi had chaired the Cabinet meeting in the Parliament House Annexe after the conclusion of the first day of the special session.
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