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MP: Former CM Uma Bharti writes to PM Modi over women's reservation Bill
Updated On: 20 September, 2023 07:29 AM IST | Bhopal | PTI
Deve Gowda happily accepted the amendment. He announced the handing over of the Bill to the Standing CommitteeFormer Madhya Pradesh chief minister Uma Bharti on Tuesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the tabling of the women`s reservation Bill, demanding that of the 33-per cent reservation assured for women in the legislative bodies
Uma Bharti. File Pic
Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Uma Bharti on Tuesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the tabling of the women`s reservation Bill, demanding that of the 33-per cent reservation assured for women in the legislative bodies, 50 per cent should be set aside for ST, SC and OBC communities.
In her letter, a copy of which is with the ANI, Bharti wrote, `The introduction of the women`s reservation Bill in the parliament is a matter of happiness for the women of the country. When this special reservation was presented in the House by the then Prime Minister Deve Gowda in 1996, I was a member of Parliament. I immediately stood up and moved an amendment to this Bill and more than half of the House supported me. Deve Gowda happily accepted the amendment. He announced the handing over of the Bill to the Standing Committee.`
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