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Sunday, March 14, 2010 (19:35:32) |
| Tags : women's reservation bill, M. Veerappa Moily, United Progressive Alliance (UPA) |
Women's bill will be passed as it is, says Moily |
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New Delhi: Ruling out the demand for quota within quota in the women's reservation bill, Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily today said the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government was totally committed to the bill and it would be passed in the Lok Sabha in its present form. "The Congress party... the UPA government is totally committed to this bill in the form it was passed by the Rajya Sabha," Moily told media. The Rajya Sabha last week passed the historic bill giving one-third representation to women in the Lok Sabha and state legislatures.
The bill continued to stall parliament till Thursday when Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee offered discussion with all "concerned parties" before moving the bill in the Lok Sabha.
Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav has said he, along with Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) president Lalu Prasad and Janata Dal-United (JD-U) chief Sharad Yadav, would continue to fight against the bill.(IANS) |
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