Bhopal, April 27 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly witnessed a day of intense political friction as the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party government successfully passed a resolution concerning women’s reservation during a special one-day session on Monday. While the government celebrated the passage of the “Nari Shakti Vandan Sankalp”, the proceedings were marked by a dramatic walkout by Congress members who accused the ruling party of delaying the delivery of actual benefits to wom…
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Bhopal, April 26 (IANS) Amid an intensifying political face-off between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and the opposition Congress over the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam Bill issue, Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) will organise a protest march in Bhopal on Sunday, seeking to build public pressure for immediate enforcement of the law.The march will commence at 4 p.m. from Platinum Plaza and pass through Top & Town and New Market before culminating at Roshanpura Square. The party sa…
Bhopal, April 25 (IANS) A political face-off is set to unfold in the one-day special session of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly on April 27, with the opposition Congress preparing to challenge the BJP government’s position on the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam. Ahead of the session, the Congress has convened a meeting of its Members of the Legislative Assembly to firm up its strategy and coordinate its response inside the House.The Congress Legislative Party meeting will be held at 9:00 …
Patna, April 21 (IANS) Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) supremo and Rajya Sabha MP Upendra Kushwaha on Tuesday announced a state-wide ‘Dhikkar March’ (March of Condemnation) to be held across Bihar on April 22, aimed at protesting against opposition parties over issues related to women’s representation and delimitation. Addressing the media persons in Patna, Kushwaha alleged that opposition parties had obstructed the passage of key legislations, including the Women’s Reservation and Delimit…
Bhubaneswar, April 19 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Sunday targeted opposition parties led by the Congress for blocking the Constitution (One Hundred and Thirty-First Amendment) Bill, intended to implement one-third reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and legislative assemblies, saying that the women of the country will give a befitting reply during voting. Speaking during a press conference here, Majhi also called April 17 a black day in Indian democratic history as the …
Chennai, April 18 (IANS) Actor-politician Kamal Haasan has called for the immediate implementation of 33 per cent reservation for women in Parliament and State Assemblies, strongly opposing any move to link the measure with delimitation. Reacting after the fall of the delimitation-linked 131st Constitutional Amendment Bill, Haasan said a Private Member’s Bill has now been introduced by Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament P. Wilson to provide women’s reservation with…
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched an acerbic attack on the Congress, accusing it of spreading misinformation on delimitation, adopting an “anti-reform” approach, and pursuing “negative politics” that harms national interest.He said the Congress is following a policy of divide and rule, which he alleged it inherited from the British, and is spreading misinformation that delimitation would adversely impact certain states.Addressing the nation a day after …
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) Lieutenant General Madhuri Kanitkar, a retired General Officer in the Indian Army and the third woman to achieve a Three-star rank, on Saturday mentioned reservation as “necessary from the grassroot” when it comes to civil organisations or governance. She termed it as important since according to her “equal opportunities are not provided in these sectors”.During an interaction with IANS, Kanitkar spoke about the defeat of the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill in the …
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday criticised the Congress and its allies, alleging that they have opposed women’s empowerment.In a post on social media platform X, he said that the Congress and its allies had “shown their true colours”.”Congress and its allies have shown their true colours – Congress opposes women’s empowerment,” he wrote.The remarks come at a time when political exchanges have intensified over the women’s reservation issue and related le…
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee launched a scathing critique of the Narendra Modi government on Friday, accusing it of short-changing and deceiving ‘Nari Shakti’ by clubbing women’s reservation with the Delimitation Bill and thereby, stymying one at the expense of other. The Trinamool MP, joining the marathon debate on three contentious Bills on Day 2 in the Parliament, termed it a “total drama” and said that this was nothing else but a political gimmick by the B…