BJP Mahila Morcha chief Vanathi Srinivasan said on September 14 that she was “hopeful” that the Women’s Reservation Bill would be cleared sooner rather than later, adding that “only Prime Minister Modi has the focus and intent to get it done”.
Speaking to The Hindu, Ms. Srinivasan said that the BJP had long been supportive of efforts to clear the Women’s Reservation Bill and that it was “evident in the policies of the Modi government of women-led development, that only Prime Minister Modi has the focus and intent to get it done”. In the run-up to the Special Session of Parliament between September 18-22, there has been speculation that the government may spring the Women’s Reservation Bill as one of the first pieces of legislation to be cleared in the new Parliament building.
“I have seen the way Prime Minister Modi constantly focuses on getting more and more women into the party organisation, and the programmes of his government that seek to empower women,” she said.
