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Women’s reservation bill: the facts, the myths

Updated - 14/3/2010 - ibnlive.

 

The women’s reservation bill reserving one-third seats for women in Parliament and state legislatures has got through the Rajya Sabha but it has polarised politics and civil society.


The government, which was taken aback by the unprecedented bedlam over the bill in the Rajya Sabha, has promised to hold an all-party meeting before it takes the legislation to the Lok Sabha. The main political opponents of the bill--Mulayam Singh Yadav, Lalu Prasad and Janata Dal (United) leader Sharad Yadav--say the bill will help the rich and privileged and not the poor disadvantaged. The bill is an onion that will "bring tears to MPs once they peel it off," says Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad.


Supporters of the bill say the bill--formally called the 108th Constitution Amendment Bill--is necessary to increase the representation of women in Parliament, which stands at just 10 per cent even after 15 elections.

 

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