Lok Sabha on September 19, in the new Parliament building saw a to and fro between leader of the Congress legislative party, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and Home Minister Amit Shah regarding the Women’s Reservation Bill.
Mr. Chowdhury said that the United Progressive Alliance’s Bill for Women’s Reservation in the Lok Sabha and Assemblies cleared in the Rajya Sabha in 2010 was still alive. Mr. Shah refuted this claim by stating that the dissolution of the 15th Lok Sabha, had effectively led to the lapse of the Bill.
The National Democratic Alliance government on Tuesday had introduced a constitutional amendment Bill to reserve one-third of seats in the Lok Sabha and State assemblies for women, reviving a Bill pending for 27 years for want of consensus among parties.
