Discussion on passing the bill in the special session of the Congress Working Committee
Congress discussed the recently concluded two-day Congress Work. In the meeting of the Committee (CWC), the highest decision making body of the party, in its proposal, the Women’s Reservation Bill had been demanded to be passed in a special session of the Parliament. On Monday, Congress President and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, NCP leader Supriya Sule, Congress leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury demanded passing of the bill in a special session.
First of all H. D. Deve Gowda had introduced the bill in Parliament. The bill to reserve 33 percent seats for women was first introduced in 1996 by H.D. Was introduced by Deve Gowda government. The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government re-introduced this law in 2008. The law was passed by the Rajya Sabha in 2010, but it could not be passed in the Lok Sabha and after its dissolution in 2014. It’s over.
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