On the third day of the special session of Parliament, Sonia Gandhi, the chair of the Congress Parliamentary Party, opened debate on the Women’s Reservation Bill in the Lok Sabha. Sonia Gandhi demanded that the “Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam 2023″ Bill be put into effect right away. According to her, putting off the bill’s implementation would be incredibly unfair to the nation’s women.
“I stand in support of Nari Shakti Vandan Adhinyam 2023. Women are being told that they will have to wait more for this bill to become law. we demand that the bill be made a law immediately. As a delay in implementing the bill is a gross unfairness to women in the country. I appeal to the Government to do this immediately,” Sonia Gandhi said in Lok Sabha.
In order to guarantee the participation of women from Other Backward Class/Scheduled Caste (OBC/SC) communities, she also demanded that a caste census be conducted. It was Rajiv Gandhi’s (Gandhi’s) dream (Bill), Sonia Gandhi remarked before delivering her speech in the Lok Sabha.
“This is an emotional moment of my own life as well. For the first time, Constitutional amendment to decide women’s representation in local body election was brought by my life partner Rajiv Gandhi. It was defeated in Rajya Sabha by seven votes. Later, Congress Government, under the leadership of PM PV Narasimha Rao, passed it in Rajya Sabha. As a result, we have 15 lakh elected women leaders across the country through local bodies. Rajiv Gandhi’s dream is only partially complete. It will complete with the passing of this Bill,” Sonia Gandhi said in Lok Sabha.