Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday said that the Congress and its allies wholeheartedly supported the Women's Reservation Bill in Parliament, and asserted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was not briefed correctly about it, reported the PTI.

According to the news agency, Sharad Pawar also said that it was the previous Congress governments in Maharashtra and at the Centre that had initiated steps for women's empowerment.