Obc Quota In Reservation For Women

Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mega BJP workers meet in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal today, former chief minister and senior party leader Uma Bharti said the recently-cleared Women's Reservation Bill should not be implemented without OBC quota.

Hailing the passage of the Women's Reservation Bill in Parliament, BRS leader K Kavitha said she would continue her fight 'to safeguard' and seek assured representation for OBC women.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said in Lok Sabha that he supports the women's reservation bill but lamented that the measure was "incomplete" as it lacks quota for other backward classes.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday asserted that he was in support of women's reservation in Parliament and state assemblies though there must be provisions for adequate representation of SCs, STs, OBCs and EBCs.

BJP and Opposition leaders are locked in war of worlds after Congress leader Sonia Gandhi demanded OBC and SC quota under the Women's Reservation Bill while speaking during the Lok Sabha debate on the Bill.

Senior BJP leader Uma Bharti on Tuesday said she was disappointed that the bill reserving 33 per cent seats for women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies does not carve out a quota for women from the Other Backward Classes (OBCs).

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati said that a separate quota for women from Other Backward Classes (OBC), Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) sections in the Women's Reservation Bill.

Deputy Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Gopinath Munde wants an Other Backward Classes (OBC) sub quota in the Women's Reservation Bill.

Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mega BJP workers meet in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal today, former chief minister and senior party leader Uma Bharti said the recently-cleared Women's Reservation Bill should not be implemented without OBC quota.

Hailing the passage of the Women's Reservation Bill in Parliament, BRS leader K Kavitha said she would continue her fight 'to safeguard' and seek assured representation for OBC women.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said in Lok Sabha that he supports the women's reservation bill but lamented that the measure was "incomplete" as it lacks quota for other backward classes.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday asserted that he was in support of women's reservation in Parliament and state assemblies though there must be provisions for adequate representation of SCs, STs, OBCs and EBCs.

BJP and Opposition leaders are locked in war of worlds after Congress leader Sonia Gandhi demanded OBC and SC quota under the Women's Reservation Bill while speaking during the Lok Sabha debate on the Bill.

Senior BJP leader Uma Bharti on Tuesday said she was disappointed that the bill reserving 33 per cent seats for women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies does not carve out a quota for women from the Other Backward Classes (OBCs).

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati said that a separate quota for women from Other Backward Classes (OBC), Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) sections in the Women's Reservation Bill.

Deputy Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Gopinath Munde wants an Other Backward Classes (OBC) sub quota in the Women's Reservation Bill.