Union Cabinet Approved ‘Women Reservation Bill’

Delhi/Hyderabad, Sept 19 (Maxim News): The Union Cabinet today approved the Women’s Reservation Bill, Minister of State for Food Processing Industries and Jal Shakti Prahlad Singh Patel said. 

“Only the Modi government had the moral courage to fulfill the demand for Women’s Reservation which was proved by the approval of the cabinet.  Congratulations Narendra Modi ji and congratulations to the Modi government, the minister said on X. 

The Union Cabinet met this evening after the first sitting of the five-day special session of Parliament.  The cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi went on for over 90 minutes. 

cutting across political lines, leaders have demanded the introduction of the women’s reservation bill, which guarantees a 33 percent quota in Lok Sabha and state assemblies. 

The Women’s Reservation Bill passed by the Rajya Sabha in 2010 had provision for 33 percent reservation for women in Lok Sabha and state assemblies. 

The cabinet meeting was attended by Union Ministers including Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Piyush Goyal, Prahlad Joshi, S. Jaishankar, Nirmala Sitharaman, Dharmendra Pradhan, Nitin Gadkari, and Arjun Ram Meghwal (Maxim News)

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