I welcome Women's Reservation Bill, but need more clarity: Priyanka Chaturvedi

Shiv Sena UBT leader Priyanka Chaturvedi on Tuesday welcomed the Womens Reservation Bill and said more clarity is needed on the billOnce the bill is presented in the Parliament we will get to know in which form it has been brought up For now there is only sourcebased information I hope that this bill is passed as soon as possible I hope that this bill will empower all the women out there she told ANIBeing a woman I would say that the biggest problem women face is that of character assassination I hope that this bill will wipe away such a mentality The maledominated society should remember that women too are a part of it she said adding I believe that this bill should be implemented soon Women should be elected in the 2024 general assembly election and they should play roles in the development of the countrySpeaking to ANI Chaturvedi said I will welcome this Once the bill is presented on the tables we will get to know in which form it has been brought up For now there is only sourcebased information I hope that this bill be passed as soon as possible I hope that this bill will empower all the women out thereBeing a woman I would say that the biggest problem women face is that of Character assassination I hope that with this bill such a mentality is wiped out The maledominated society should remember that women too are a part of it I believe that this bill should be implemented soon Women should be elected in the 2024 general assembly election and they should play roles in the development of the country she addedUnion Cabinet on Monday cleared the Womens Reservation Bill sources said on MondayThe meeting of the Union Cabinet was held at Parliament House Annexe in DelhiAfter the bill was cleared by the Union Cabinet on Monday it is expected to be introduced in the Lok Sabha on the second day of the special session in the new Parliament buildingMeanwhile welcoming the Womens Reservation Bill Jharkhand Mukti Morcha JMM MP Mahua Maji said that they have been demanding the implementation of the womens reservation for a long time and now that the Centre is introducing this bill the government should take in account the rights of Schedule Tribe and Scheduled Castes tooI welcome the bill We have been demanding it for a long time But it should take into account women belonging to Scheduled Tribes ST and Scheduled Caste SC categories too or the benefits of it will completely be derived by the women from the elite class Maji saidLaunching an attack on the BJPled Centre Trinamool Congress TMC MP Dola Sen said this bill was a compulsion for the government as General elections are nearIt is a compulsion of the election nothing else In the last 95 years the achche din wali sarkar has done nothing Since the election is around the corner they needed to do something Sen saidBut if they bring the Womens Reservation Bil we will support it Better late than never Sen added while speaking to ANIMeanwhile after the bill was cleared by the union cabinet there erupted a war of words between the ruling Bhartiya Janata Party and the Congress with the latter claiming that the bill was theirsCongress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has said that demand for the Women Reservation Bill was initiated by the United Progressive Alliance UPA and Sonia GandhiAdhir Ranjan Chowdhury told ANI We want the Womens Reservation Bill to be brought and passed as soon as possible The demand for the Womens Reservation Bill was initiated by UPA and our leader Sonia Gandhi It took so long but we will be happy if this is introducedEarlier today BJP IT Cell incharge Amit Malviya took a jibe at the Congress for its claims that it was the prime mover behind the womens reservation billIn a post on X where he reacted to a 2018 Post by Rahul Gandhi Malviya said Where was the Congresss unconditional support when the Bill was first introduced in 1996 as the 81st Amendment Bill by PM HD Deve Gowda led Govt In 1998 when Atal Bihari Vajpayee Govt introduced it and then later in 1999 2002 and then 2003 The Congress didnt rise to the occasion ever he saidIn 2008 when Congressled UPA was in power Dr Manmohan Singh introduced the Bill in the Rajya Sabha but never tabled it in the Lok Sabhaiquestbrvbar What did you do then other than capitulate to allies RJD JDU and the Samajwadi Party who opposed the move vehemently And today you are lecturing and offering unconditional support Laughable he added in the postThe Womens Reservation Bill seeks to reserve 33 per cent of seats in the Lok Sabha and state legislative assemblies for women Despite being a crucial step towards gender parity and inclusive governance the Bill has remained in legislative limbo for far too longThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its 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