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Indian MPs have voted to guarantee that a third of seats in parliament's lower house and in state assemblies go to women, a move that would more than double the number of female lawmakers in the world's biggest democracy.

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Mr. Gandhi himself led the charge in the Lok Sabha, accusing the BJP of excluding OBC communities from power. Only three of the 90 Secretaries in the Union government were from the OBC category, he pointed out.

RJD’S Manoj K. Jha asserted that more than a joyous welcome of the legislation that could pave way for more representation for the women, the narrative is about the government being anti-OBC.