“What about it? It’s ours. Sonia Gandhi, the leader of the Congress Parliamentary Party, said on Tuesday, “Apna hain.” As she entered the Parliament for a historic joint session of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, both houses met for the first time in the recently opened Parliament building. Her response to reporters. Sources claim that the Union Cabinet approved the Women’s Reservation Bill, which would reserve a 33% quota in the Lok Sabha and state legislative assemblies, on Monday.
Official sources claim that the Union Cabinet approved the Women’s Reservation Bill (WRB) on Monday during a significant meeting presided over by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, a Congress MP, stated today,”We want the Women’s Reservation Bill to be brought and passed as soon as possible. The demand for the Women’s Reservation Bill was initiated by UPA and our leader Sonia Gandhi. It took so long, but we will be happy if this is introduced.”
Jairam Ramesh, the general secretary of the Congress responsible for communications, stated earlier in the day that the party has long called for the passage of the Constitution 108th Amendment Bill, 2008 bill.
“The Congress party has been demanding the implementation of women’s reservation for a long time. We welcome the Union Cabinet decision reportedly coming forward and look forward to the details of the Bill,” he said in a post on X.
He continued by saying that a consensus could have been reached instead of using behind-the-scenes politics if this had been thoroughly discussed in the all-party meeting prior to the special session. The authority specified by Parliament shall decide how to distribute the reserved seats. The Lok Sabha and legislative assemblies must reserve one-third of the total number of seats for women from Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. 15 years after the beginning of this Amendment Act, the seat reservations for women will end.