NEW DELHI: DMK MP Kanimozhi on Thursday raised the issue of providing 33% reservation to women in Lok Sabha and asked the government when will a bill for this be brought in Parliament for its passage.
Raising the issue during the zero hour in Lok Sabha, the DMK member said it has been 25 years since a bill to reserve one-third of all seats for women in the Lok Sabha and the state legislative assemblies was brought in Parliament “but nothing has happened so far”.
“It was passed by Rajya Sabha. This (BJP-led) government had promised in their election manifesto that it will bring the bill for its passage (in Parliament) but they haven’t done anything about it,” she added.
The BJP in its manifesto for Lok Sabha polls in 2014 and 2019 had stated that it was committed to providing 33% reservation to women in Parliament and state assemblies through an amendment.
Kanimozhi said more than 22 questions about the bill have been asked by the members since 2014.
“But the same answers have been given government is making a deep study, (its in) careful consideration,” she said.
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