women reservation bill
After bill fails, government tells parliament ‘false narrative’ through FAQs
New Delhi: The government on Sunday published a series of FAQs on its bill to fast-track women quota in the legislature and increase Lok Sabha seats by 50 per cent, which has now been defeated in the Lok Sabha as part of a campaign to debunk what it called “false and misleading narratives” by the … Read more
PM Modi: TMC will be ‘mahal punished’ by mothers and sisters
KOLKATA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi stepped up his attack on the Trinamool Congress party, claiming at rallies across Bengal that “mothers and sisters” would punish the Congress party for blocking the passage of the women’s reservation bill and urging voters to impose “big punishment” on what he called “maha-jungleraj”, reports Rohit Khanna. On Sunday, Modi … Read more
Uttarakhand chief minister slams opposition as ‘anti-women’, blocks quota for women
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Sunday launched a sharp attack on the opposition parties, accusing them of being “anti-women” and deliberately blocking the progress of Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam.Asserting that those who ruled for 60 years failed to ensure women’s rights, Dhami attributed the passage of the 33% reservation bill to Prime Minister … Read more
Congress: PM Modi turns official address into political speech
Congress President Malikajun Haq New Delhi: Hitting back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said “a desperate and frustrated Prime Minister, who has failed to perform anything meaningful in the past 12 years, has turned a formal address to the nation into a political speech full of slander and outright lies”. In … Read more
‘TMC doesn’t want more daughters as MLAs and MPs’: PM Modi in Bengal after women quota bill fails
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi On Sunday, he intensified his attack on the Trinamool Congress (TMC) over the women’s reservation bill, claiming that the party was opposed to increasing women’s political representation and was opposed to passing the 33% quota bill.Addressing a rally in Bengal’s Bankura, Prime Minister Modi said, “Bengal women wanted 33 … Read more
Congress’ stance on women’s bill reflects feudal thinking: BJP
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday accused the Congress of “betraying” women and slammed the party and its allies for celebrating the failure of a constitutional amendment bill that sought to implement women’s reservation in the Lok Sabha and Parliament and increase the number of seats in the Lok Sabha by 50 per … Read more
TMC has maximum number of women, don’t preach on quota: Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata: ‘Don’t lecture me on women’s reservation’, Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said on Saturday, adding that she had raised the issue in parliament as early as 1998. She said Prime Minister Modi’s speech was “full of lies” and he was “forced” to address the nation because “their (BJP’s) downfall started yesterday”. Banerjee pointed out … Read more
PM Modi: Fight for women’s empowerment stalled due to opposition’s selfish politics
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the nation New Delhi: In his address to the nation on Saturday, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi She attacked the opposition a day after a bill to implement reservation for women in the legislature was defeated in the Lok Sabha.Apologizing to “all mothers and sisters” across the country, Prime Minister … Read more
Women’s reservation bill fails in Lok Sabha: Strategic move or bad planning?
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government has achieved many firsts in its last 12 years in power. On Friday, it added another No. 1 to that list. However, this is a “first” that the government may not be too happy about. For the first time since Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power … Read more