New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) The introduction of three key bills in the special sitting of Parliament – Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill 2026, Delimitation Bill 2026 and Union Territories (Amendment) Bill could have set in motion – one of India’s most consequential electoral reforms since Independence but the amendment failed to fetch two-thirds majority and eventually fell through in the House, stalling all three of them in one stroke. The Women’s Reservation Bill, which could have becom…
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Bareilly, April 16 (IANS) All India Muslim Jamaat Chief, Maulana Shahabuddin Razvi Barelvi, on Thursday criticised the Samajwadi Party’s (SP) demand for a separate reservation for Muslim women, calling it “politically driven”, while expressing continued support for the Women’s Reservation Bill that proposes 33 per cent quota for women in Legislatures.The All India Muslim Jamaat Chief said he continues to welcome the proposal backed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to enhance women’s representatio…
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday made a strong pitch for the inclusion of women in national policymaking and urged all political parties to pass the women’s reservation Bill in Parliament by consensus, while offering to “give credit” to them for the historic amendment.Speaking on the amendments to the women’s reservation Bill in the Lok Sabha, PM Modi said the time has come to grant adequate representation to women at the national level, and those opposing …
Gandhinagar, April 14 (IANS) Gujarat Women and Child Development Minister Manisha Vakil on Tuesday said that the right time has come to ensure 33 per cent reservation for women in legislative bodies. She remarked that the Central government is preparing for key discussions on the implementation framework of the women’s reservation legislation, Narishakti Vandan Abhiniyam, during the upcoming special parliamentary session beginning April 16.Addressing a press conference in Gandhinagar, Vakil sa…
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) Senior Congress leader and former Lok Sabha Speaker, Meira Kumar, was among prominent women leaders and activists present in the front row at the Nari Shakti Vandan Sammelan, expressing her support for greater representation of women in legislative bodies. Her support came at a time when Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson and Rajya Sabha member Sonia Gandhi made a scathing critique of the timing of the Bill … calling it “underhand tactic.”In her article, Sonia …