Soon after the government at the Centre brought the women’s reservation Bill in Parliament on Tuesday, the Janata Dal (United) claimed that “Bihar has showed the way to the Centre”.
“What Bihar does today, the whole country follows tomorrow. Bihar became the first State in the country under Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in 2006 when women were given 50% reservation in local bodies and panchayats. Bihar shows the way to the centre,” JD(U) national general secretary and party spokesperson Rajib Ranjan said.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, he added, “Bihar is the only state where women have been given 35% reservation in government jobs and in the education department the quota is 50%.”
