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Quota Bill: women’s groups to march to Parliament

NEW DELHI: To express their deep sense of ‘betrayal’ over the non-passage of the Women’s Reservation Bill in the 14th Lok Sabha and to reiterate their demand for 33 per cent reservation in Parliament and State Assemblies, women’s groups will march to Parliament when the new session meets on Thursday.

The solemn assurance that was given in the national common minimum programme has not been honoured and a historic opportunity to strengthen the democratic character of Parliament and State legislatures has been lost, representatives of a broad alliance of 22 women’s organisations said here on Wednesday.

The women’s groups will submit a memorandum to the Rajya Sabha Chairman, the Lok Sabha Speaker and the chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Women’s Reservation Bill, urging them not to make any move to dilute the Bill in the name of consensus.

The Bill was tabled in the Rajya Sabha and referred to a Parliamentary Standing Committee.

However, the Committee has not yet submitted its report.

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