Post Kavitha’s protest, Cong asks BJP to make stand clear on Women’s reservation bill

New Delhi: The Congress on Friday asked the BJP to make its stand clear on the Women’s Reservation Bill and demanded that it be tabled in Lok Sabha in the upcoming second part of the Budget Session of Parliament.
The Congress’ assertion came on a day BRS leader K Kavitha was observing a hunger strike seeking passage of the long-pending bill in the second part of the Budget session starting March 13.
In a tweet, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said, “The landmark Women’s Reservation Bill was passed in the Rajya Sabha on 9th March 2010, ENTIRELY due to the efforts of the Congress leadership.” “But it could not find support in Lok Sabha. The Bill has not lapsed. It is alive and pending. What has stopped it from being revived?” he said.
कांग्रेस नेतृत्व के प्रयासों के कारण 9 मार्च 2010 को ऐतिहासिक महिला आरक्षण विधेयक राज्य सभा में पारित हुआ था। लेकिन लोकसभा में इसे समर्थन नहीं मिल सका। बिल अभी भी लैप्स नहीं हुआ है, लोकसभा में लंबित है। इसे फिर से पेश करने से किसने रोका है? — Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) March 10, 2023 Asked about the bill at a press conference here, Congress leader Alka Lamba said when the bill was passed in Rajya Sabha, the Congress did not have a majority in the Lok Sabha and it was a coalition government.
“We were successful in getting the Women’s Reservation Bill passed in the Rajya Sabha. It is alive and the BJP government has a majority in the Lok Sabha, they had promised 33 per cent reservation to women in their 2019 manifesto and even before that, but are still quiet on it even after nine years in government,” she said.