Women have been betrayed and would answer through votes: MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Women's Reservation Bill
Sep 22, 2023
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 22 : Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Wednesday flagged concern over the non-inclusion of backward communities in the Women's Reservation Bill and said that women were betrayed and would answer them through votes.
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi said, "When you had the opportunity to identify shortcomings in the participation and bringing equality for the backward communities, you could've included that. Since it's not mandated by the Constitution they did it on its pretext...This is the misfortune of the country that the women are betrayed. Women would answer them through votes."
MP Priyanka Chaturvedi further said that in 2010 the bill could not be passed in Lok Sabha because consensus could not be formed but today there was a golden opportunity to include all shortcomings in the bill including representation of backward communities.
MP Priyanka Chaturvedi further alleged, "Nowhere in the world such an act has been framed which is unlikely to be implemented immediately. Women have been handed over a toy in their hand."
The Upper House, on Thursday, passed the bill, which provides 33 per cent reservation for women in the Lok Sabha as well as the state legislative assemblies, unanimously, with 214 members voting in support and none against.
Following the passage of the bill in Parliament, chants of 'Modi Modi' were raised by women MPs as they took turns to thank Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the passage of the draft legislation. Women members from both Houses of Parliament, including PT Usha, and Union Ministers Meenakashi Lekhi and Smriti Irani greeted Prime Minister Modi on the historic passage of the Bill in Parliament.
Later, both Houses of Parliament were adjourned sine die. Earlier, on Wednesday, the bill aced the legislative test in the Lok Sabha as it was passed by a brute majority of 454 votes in favour and just 2 against.
