Campaign Express now in Hyderabad

June 02, 2010 11:27 pm | Updated 11:56 pm IST - HYDERABAD:

The Campaign Reservation Express arrived Hyderabad on Wednesday on the last leg of its journey demanding the passage of the Bill that will grant women 33 per cent reservation in Indian legislatures.

Activists in the city endorsed the campaign in the hope that the government will once again be ‘forced to act' and pass the much awaited Bill. The campaign began in Jhansi where three trains were flagged off on May 20.

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