Rahul Gandhi rakes up women's bill, offers unconditional support; BJP accuses Cong of 'double standards'
NEW DELHI: Two days forward of the monsoon session of Parliament, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday raked up the contentious issue of Women's Reservation Bill, asking Prime Minister Narendra Modi to "walk his talk" by making sure its passage and presented his birthday party's "unconditional support".
However, the BJP was quick to accuse the opposition birthday party of adopting "double standard" on the subject by siding with those who were hostile to the invoice and requested if the Congress may just assure fortify of its allies, in an obvious connection with events like Lalu Prasad Yadav-led RJD and Mulayam Singh Yadav's Samajwadi Party.
The Rajya Sabha had passed the constitutional amendment invoice on March nine, 2010 to facilitate reserving one-third of total seats in state assemblies and Parliament for girls, however the Lok Sabha by no means voted on it and the proposed legislation lapsed after the dissolution of the 15th Lok Sabha in 2014.
"Our PM says he's a crusader for women's empowerment. Time for him to rise above party politics, walk-his-talk & have the Women's Reservation Bill passed by Parliament. The Congress offers him its unconditional support," Gandhi tweeted and connected a letter to Modi.
The Congress leader urged Modi to make certain that the Bill gets passed within the upcoming session itself so that ladies can take part "more meaningfully" within the state elections later this 12 months and within the Lok Sabha polls subsequent 12 months.
"Mr Prime Minister, in many of your public rallies you might have spoken about your passion for empowering ladies and involving them extra meaningfully in public existence.
"What better method to exhibit your commitment to the reason for ladies, than by providing your unconditional fortify to the passage of the Women's Reservation Bill? And what better time, than the impending session of Parliament? Any further extend will make it unimaginable to put into effect prior to the following common elections," Gandhi wrote to Modi.
He stated the Women's Reservation Bill, which was passed by the Rajya Sabha on March nine, 2010, has been stalled on one pretext or the other within the Lok Sabha for over 8 years now.
Since then, while the Congress has been unwavering in its commitment to the Bill, the BJP seems to have had second thoughts, even supposing this was one among its key guarantees in its 2014 manifesto, Gandhi stated.
Reacting to Gandhi's letter of fortify, Senior BJP leader and Union minister Prakash Javadekar sought to understand whether the Congress may just make certain letters of fortify for the Bill from its personal allies.
"This displays the double same old of Congress as it is in alliance with those who hostile the legislation... It is Congress which is sitting with the ones hostile to the Bill. It is Congress which is in alliance with those who had hostile the Women's Reservation Bill. So will now Congress come out of the alliance or will it get the letters of fortify from the ones events?," the BJP leader stated.
The minister was regarding the RJD, which is in alliance with the Congress in Bihar. The Rashtriya Janata Dal and SP had been opposing the reservation for girls in Lok Sabha and state legislatures within the proposed structure and have in the past demanded quota inside of quota for backward classes.
Javadekar stated the the BJP had supported the Bill when it was introduced throughout the Congress rule.
Accusing the BJP govt of "betraying" the women by not fulfilling its promises on empowerment and safety, Congress spokesperson Sushmita Dev alleged that the Modi government has "failed" to provide reservation regardless of having a clear majority in Lok Sabha.
The Mahila Congress, which Dev leads, took out a protest in open jeeps from the AICC headquarters on the Akbar Road right here in favour of the Women's Reservation Bill. They additionally issued a "chargesheet" against the Prime Minister over what they termed as his "failure" to deliver the promises made on these problems.
"Will the Prime Minister come forward within the impending session of Parliament to respond to the costs levelled by the All India Mahila Congress? Otherwise it is going to be assumed that he's guilty as charged," she instructed newshounds.
In his letter, Gandhi requested the PM to tell "the sceptics" throughout the BJP opposing the proposed transformational legislation that the rustic's experience with Panchayat and Municipal elections has clearly shown that women in leadership positions are more likely, than their male counterparts, to take selections that further the reason for an inclusive and simply society.
This displays why this invoice has the prospective to develop into governance in India, the Congress president stated.
The Congress president stated his birthday party has accrued over 3.2 million signatures in fortify of the Bill and he was filing the same to the the Prime Minister while in quest of his fortify.
However, the BJP was quick to accuse the opposition birthday party of adopting "double standard" on the subject by siding with those who were hostile to the invoice and requested if the Congress may just assure fortify of its allies, in an obvious connection with events like Lalu Prasad Yadav-led RJD and Mulayam Singh Yadav's Samajwadi Party.
The Rajya Sabha had passed the constitutional amendment invoice on March nine, 2010 to facilitate reserving one-third of total seats in state assemblies and Parliament for girls, however the Lok Sabha by no means voted on it and the proposed legislation lapsed after the dissolution of the 15th Lok Sabha in 2014.
"Our PM says he's a crusader for women's empowerment. Time for him to rise above party politics, walk-his-talk & have the Women's Reservation Bill passed by Parliament. The Congress offers him its unconditional support," Gandhi tweeted and connected a letter to Modi.
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— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) 1531727115000The Congress leader urged Modi to make certain that the Bill gets passed within the upcoming session itself so that ladies can take part "more meaningfully" within the state elections later this 12 months and within the Lok Sabha polls subsequent 12 months.
"Mr Prime Minister, in many of your public rallies you might have spoken about your passion for empowering ladies and involving them extra meaningfully in public existence.
"What better method to exhibit your commitment to the reason for ladies, than by providing your unconditional fortify to the passage of the Women's Reservation Bill? And what better time, than the impending session of Parliament? Any further extend will make it unimaginable to put into effect prior to the following common elections," Gandhi wrote to Modi.
He stated the Women's Reservation Bill, which was passed by the Rajya Sabha on March nine, 2010, has been stalled on one pretext or the other within the Lok Sabha for over 8 years now.
Since then, while the Congress has been unwavering in its commitment to the Bill, the BJP seems to have had second thoughts, even supposing this was one among its key guarantees in its 2014 manifesto, Gandhi stated.
Reacting to Gandhi's letter of fortify, Senior BJP leader and Union minister Prakash Javadekar sought to understand whether the Congress may just make certain letters of fortify for the Bill from its personal allies.
"This displays the double same old of Congress as it is in alliance with those who hostile the legislation... It is Congress which is sitting with the ones hostile to the Bill. It is Congress which is in alliance with those who had hostile the Women's Reservation Bill. So will now Congress come out of the alliance or will it get the letters of fortify from the ones events?," the BJP leader stated.
The minister was regarding the RJD, which is in alliance with the Congress in Bihar. The Rashtriya Janata Dal and SP had been opposing the reservation for girls in Lok Sabha and state legislatures within the proposed structure and have in the past demanded quota inside of quota for backward classes.
Javadekar stated the the BJP had supported the Bill when it was introduced throughout the Congress rule.
Accusing the BJP govt of "betraying" the women by not fulfilling its promises on empowerment and safety, Congress spokesperson Sushmita Dev alleged that the Modi government has "failed" to provide reservation regardless of having a clear majority in Lok Sabha.
The Mahila Congress, which Dev leads, took out a protest in open jeeps from the AICC headquarters on the Akbar Road right here in favour of the Women's Reservation Bill. They additionally issued a "chargesheet" against the Prime Minister over what they termed as his "failure" to deliver the promises made on these problems.
"Will the Prime Minister come forward within the impending session of Parliament to respond to the costs levelled by the All India Mahila Congress? Otherwise it is going to be assumed that he's guilty as charged," she instructed newshounds.
In his letter, Gandhi requested the PM to tell "the sceptics" throughout the BJP opposing the proposed transformational legislation that the rustic's experience with Panchayat and Municipal elections has clearly shown that women in leadership positions are more likely, than their male counterparts, to take selections that further the reason for an inclusive and simply society.
This displays why this invoice has the prospective to develop into governance in India, the Congress president stated.
The Congress president stated his birthday party has accrued over 3.2 million signatures in fortify of the Bill and he was filing the same to the the Prime Minister while in quest of his fortify.
Rahul Gandhi rakes up women's bill, offers unconditional support; BJP accuses Cong of 'double standards'
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