The congress party has insisted that the Women's Reservation Bill should be passed in a special session of the Parliament.
As the Monsoon Session of parliament has recently concluded, the central government has announced that a special session of parliament will be held from september 18 to 22. Accordingly, the five-day special session starting tomorrow will bid farewell to the current parliament building and the new parliament building will be inaugurated on september 19 on Vinayaka Chaturthi.
In this situation, the congress party has insisted that the Women's Reservation Bill should be passed in a special session of the Parliament. congress leader jairam ramesh, a senior leader of the party, jairam ramesh posted on his X page that the congress Working Committee demanded that the Women's Reservation Bill be passed in the special session of the Parliament. Appreciating the previous congress governments, jairam ramesh said, “Former prime minister Rajiv gandhi first introduced the Constitution Amendment Bill for one-third reservation in Panchayats in May 1989. It was passed in the lok sabha but failed in the Rajya Sabha. Former prime minister Narasimha Rao reintroduced constitutional amendment bills in april 1993 for one-third reservation for women in panchayats. Both bills were passed and became law. Now there are more than 15 lakh elected women representatives in Panchayats and Nagarpalikas.” He said that. Former prime minister Manmohan Singh brought in a constitutional amendment bill for one-third reservation for women in parliament and the Rajya Sabha. This bill was passed in rajya sabha on 9th march 2010. But it was not taken up in Lok Sabha.
“Bills introduced / passed in the rajya sabha do not lapse. The Women's Reservation Bill is still pending. The congress Party has been demanding for the past 9 years that the Women's Reservation Bill, which has already been passed in the rajya sabha, should also be passed in the Lok Sabha." jairam ramesh also posted on his X page. According to the official information released by the parliament, four bills including a bill regulating the appointment, service conditions and tenure of the Chief election Commissioner and other election Commissioners will be tabled and taken up for discussion.
The 'Lawyers (Amendment) Bill, 2023' and the 'Journals and Registration Bill, 2023', which were already passed in the rajya sabha on august 3 last, will also be taken up. The 'Post office Bill, 2023' has been listed in the Lok Sabha. The bill, which repeals the indian Post office Act, 1898, was earlier introduced in the rajya sabha on august 10 last year.
