By PTI
NEW DELHI: Amid hypothesis that the ladies’s reservation invoice could also be tabled in Parliament on Tuesday, the Congress stated it welcomes the reported transfer because the get together has been elevating the demand for lengthy.
“We welcome the reported decision of the Union Cabinet and await the details of the Bill,” Congress common secretary Jairam Ramesh posted on X.
“This could have very well been discussed in the all-party meeting before the Special Session, and consensus could have been built instead of operating under a veil of secrecy,” the Congress chief stated.
He additionally shared an in depth submit he made on Sunday to underline how the Congress has been supporting the transfer.
It’s been a long-standing demand of the Congress get together to implement girls’s reservation. We welcome the reported choice of the Union Cabinet and await the small print of the Bill. This may have very effectively been mentioned within the all-party assembly earlier than the Special Session, and… https://t.co/lVI9RLHVY6
— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) September 18, 2023
“The Congress Working Committee has demanded that the Women’s Reservation Bill must be passed during the Special Session of Parliament,” he stated quoting the CWC decision that was handed at its assembly in Hyderabad this weekend.
Ramesh had on September 17 stated former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi first launched the Constitution Amendment Bills for one-third reservation in panchayats and nagarpalikas in May 1989.
It handed in Lok Sabha however failed in Rajya Sabha in September 1989, he famous.
He additionally stated then Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao reintroduced Constitution Amendment Bills for one-third reservation for girls in panchayats and nagarpalikas in April 1993.
Both Bills handed and have become legislation.
“Now there are more than 15 lakh elected women representatives in panchayats and nagarpalikas. This comes to about 40 per cent. As PM, Dr. Manmohan Singh brought Constitution Amendment Bill for one-third reservation for women in Parliament and state legislatures. Bill passed on March 9, 2010, in the Rajya Sabha. But it was not taken up in Lok Sabha,” Ramesh claimed.
He stated Bills launched/handed in Rajya Sabha don’t lapse and the Women’s Reservation Bill remains to be very a lot lively.
“The Congress party has for the past nine years been demanding that the Women’s Reservation Bill already passed by the Rajya Sabha should now get passed by the Lok Sabha as well,” he stated.
NEW DELHI: Amid hypothesis that the ladies’s reservation invoice could also be tabled in Parliament on Tuesday, the Congress stated it welcomes the reported transfer because the get together has been elevating the demand for lengthy.
“We welcome the reported decision of the Union Cabinet and await the details of the Bill,” Congress common secretary Jairam Ramesh posted on X.
“This could have very well been discussed in the all-party meeting before the Special Session, and consensus could have been built instead of operating under a veil of secrecy,” the Congress chief stated.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
He additionally shared an in depth submit he made on Sunday to underline how the Congress has been supporting the transfer.
It’s been a long-standing demand of the Congress get together to implement girls’s reservation. We welcome the reported choice of the Union Cabinet and await the small print of the Bill. This may have very effectively been mentioned within the all-party assembly earlier than the Special Session, and… https://t.co/lVI9RLHVY6
— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) September 18, 2023
“The Congress Working Committee has demanded that the Women’s Reservation Bill must be passed during the Special Session of Parliament,” he stated quoting the CWC decision that was handed at its assembly in Hyderabad this weekend.
Ramesh had on September 17 stated former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi first launched the Constitution Amendment Bills for one-third reservation in panchayats and nagarpalikas in May 1989.
It handed in Lok Sabha however failed in Rajya Sabha in September 1989, he famous.
He additionally stated then Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao reintroduced Constitution Amendment Bills for one-third reservation for girls in panchayats and nagarpalikas in April 1993.
Both Bills handed and have become legislation.
“Now there are more than 15 lakh elected women representatives in panchayats and nagarpalikas. This comes to about 40 per cent. As PM, Dr. Manmohan Singh brought Constitution Amendment Bill for one-third reservation for women in Parliament and state legislatures. Bill passed on March 9, 2010, in the Rajya Sabha. But it was not taken up in Lok Sabha,” Ramesh claimed.
He stated Bills launched/handed in Rajya Sabha don’t lapse and the Women’s Reservation Bill remains to be very a lot lively.
“The Congress party has for the past nine years been demanding that the Women’s Reservation Bill already passed by the Rajya Sabha should now get passed by the Lok Sabha as well,” he stated.