Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury claimed that the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and Sonia Gandhi were the ones who first demanded the Women Reservation Bill after the Cabinet approved it.
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury told “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.”
According to sources, the Women’s Reservation Bill was approved by the Union Cabinet on Monday. The Union Cabinet meeting took place in Delhi’s Parliament House Annexe. According to Congressman Ranjeet Ranjan, the BJP only paid attention to the Women Reservation Bill right before the elections.
“See, this is Congress’s bill. We introduced it on March 9, 2010. BJP has been in power for more than 9 years, why did you remember the women reservation bill just before the elections? If this bill comes on the table today, we will welcome it because everybody agrees that the participation of women in the House and the Legislative Assembly should increase,” Ranjeet Ranjan told .
According to the Women’s Reservation Bill, women would be given 33% of the seats in the Lok Sabha and state legislative bodies. The Bill has been in legislative limbo for far too long, despite being an essential step toward gender parity and inclusive governance. Amit Malviya, the head of the BJP’s IT Cell, poked fun at the Congress earlier today for claiming to be the main proponent of the women’s reservation bill.