Womens Reservation Bill Narishakti Vandan Adhiniyam

Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted on Friday that the women's reservation bill is no ordinary legislation, but an announcement of a new India's new democratic commitment.

The women's reservation bill sailed through the Lok Sabha Wednesday - 454 MPs voted in favour and two against - after hours of ferocious attack-counterattack between the government and the opposition. The question now - how soon can it become law?

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi spoke of an "incomplete" women's reservation bill as he joined a day-long discussion of the landmark discussion on the proposed legislation.

Women "do not want to be put on a pedestal... worshipped" DMK MP Kanimozhi said in Parliament today in a heated debate on the women's reservation 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).

Union Home Minister Amit Shah has ripped into the Congress (he did not name the party) after it attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party for "delays" in tabling the landmark women's reservation bill.

Most opposition parties welcomed the women's reservation bill but stressed the need to study its provisions in detail; the Congress and the AAP, though, were more critical than the rest.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the purpose of the new women's reservation bill Narishakti Vandan Adhiniyam is to expand women's participation in Lok Sabha and assemblies, and asserted it will further strengthen Indian democracy.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted on Friday that the women's reservation bill is no ordinary legislation, but an announcement of a new India's new democratic commitment.

The women's reservation bill sailed through the Lok Sabha Wednesday - 454 MPs voted in favour and two against - after hours of ferocious attack-counterattack between the government and the opposition. The question now - how soon can it become law?

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi spoke of an "incomplete" women's reservation bill as he joined a day-long discussion of the landmark discussion on the proposed legislation.

Women "do not want to be put on a pedestal... worshipped" DMK MP Kanimozhi said in Parliament today in a heated debate on the women's reservation 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).

Union Home Minister Amit Shah has ripped into the Congress (he did not name the party) after it attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party for "delays" in tabling the landmark women's reservation bill.

Most opposition parties welcomed the women's reservation bill but stressed the need to study its provisions in detail; the Congress and the AAP, though, were more critical than the rest.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the purpose of the new women's reservation bill Narishakti Vandan Adhiniyam is to expand women's participation in Lok Sabha and assemblies, and asserted it will further strengthen Indian democracy.