K Kavitha’s hunger strike | Delhi/Hyderabad, March 10: CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury inaugurated the day-long hunger strike at Jantar Mantar in Delhi on Friday to press the Modi government to pass the Women’s, Reservation Bill.
Organized by Bharat Jagriti Samithi Chief Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC K Kavitha daughter of BRS Supremo and Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao is sitting on a day-long hunger strike at Jantar Mantar in Delhi to press the Modi government to pass the Women’s Reservation Bill.
The hunger strike is organised by her NGO Bharat Jagriti, Kavitha had earlier said, adding, all political parties have been invited to join it.
K Kavitha’s hunger strike
Parties that are attending Kavitha’s dharna at Jantar Mantar are BRS, AAP ( Sanjay Singh and Chitra Sarwara), Shiv Sena, Akali Dal (Naresh Gujral), PDP (Anjum Javed Mirza), National Conference (Dr. Shami Firdous), Trinamool Congress (Sushmita Dev), Janata Dal-United (KC Tyagi), NCP (Dr. Seema Malik), CPI (Narayana K), CPM (Sitaram Yechury), Samajwadi Party (Pooja Shukla), RLD (Shyam Rajak) and MP Kapil Sibal
Earlier, while addressing to the media, MLC K Kavitha, who is facing the ED in the Delhi liquor policy case, said the bill has been lying in cold storage since 2010 and the Modi government has a historic opportunity to get it passed in Parliament before 2024.
“About 500-600 members will sit on a hunger strike, but the attendance will be much more. More than 6,000 people and 18 political parties have confirmed their participation,” she said.
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