Tag: Women S Reservation Bill

Bhubaneswar: As part of their strategy to garner support over women’s reservation bill, a BJD delegation today met Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Chief Sharad Pawar in Pune. The team including School and Mass Education Minister Badri Narayan Patra and BJD leader Arup Patnaik met Pawar at the latter’s residence. According to sources, discussions were held […]

New Delhi: In a bid to give push to its demand for 33 per cent reservation for women in State assemblies and Parliament, BJD MP Bhartruhari Mahtab today met former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party chief, Akhilesh Yadav in New Delhi. Akhilesh reportedly visited the residence of Bhartruhari Mahtab in New Delhi to […]

New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to urgently pass the Women’s Reservation Bill in the Lok Sabha where the BJP has a majority. In a letter to Modi, Gandhi said: “You may recall that the Rajya Sabha had passed the Women’s Reservation Bill on March 9, 2010. Since then, […]

New Delhi: The CPI-M on Sunday said it will be near impossible to have discussion in Parliament on 16 bills proposed by the government and asked it instead to come with three new bills including one on women’s reservation. “The government has suggested 16 bills in this session beginning Monday. It is impossible to pass […]

Bhubaneswar: Giving another push to 33 per cent reservation for women in Parliament and State Assemblies, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today sought cooperation from chief ministers of all States and Union Territories. In a letter to all the CMs, Naveen wrote “Biju Patnaik was instrumental in ensuring 33 per cent reservation for women in […]

Chennai: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said the UPA will reserve 33 per cent government jobs for women and pass the Women’s Reservation Bill giving 33 per cent of seats in the Lok Sabha if it wins the Lok Sabha battle. Interacting with students of Stella Maris College for Women here, Gandhi also said […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday said the BJD would certainly press for passage of the women’s reservation bill in the Parliament. “Yes, indeed. We wish that the women’s reservation bill be passed,” Patnaik said while replying to a question during an interaction in Bhubaneswar. The chief minister said the Biju Janata Dal strongly […]

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has demanded that the Women’s Reservation Bill be passed in the Budget Session of Parliament. This was demanded by Pinaki Mishra, BJD Parliamentary Party leader in Lok Sabha in the All Party meeting held at New Delhi on Saturday for the Budget Session of Parliament On behalf of the […]