LIVE | Day 3 in Parliament: Lok Sabha passes Women Reservation Bill after 8-hour debate

Update: 2023-09-20 04:56 GMT

2023-09-20 11:54 GMT

Mithali calls Women’s Reservation Bill 'progressive step'

VIDEO | "I have a lot of hope from this bill because the representation of women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies will enhance the focus on women's issues and give them an opportunity to voice their opinions in support of women. It’s a progressive step taken by the… pic.twitter.com/H0EzsEYaCt
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) September 20, 2023

2023-09-20 11:45 GMT

'Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity': Anju on Women’s Reservation Bill

VIDEO | "As a woman of India, getting to witness something like this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and I am grateful to PM Modi for initiating a discussion on such important issues," says Indian athlete Anju Bobby George on the Women’s Reservation Bill.… pic.twitter.com/vZrQuAOeKi
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) September 20, 2023

2023-09-20 11:42 GMT

AIMIM opposes Women's Reservation Bill: Owaisi

VIDEO | “On behalf of my party, I stand to oppose this (Women’s Reservation) legislation because the justification being given to bring the legislation is to ensure that more women get elected into the Parliament and the state assemblies. If that is the justification, why has… pic.twitter.com/0tDAoUJviL
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) September 20, 2023

2023-09-20 11:34 GMT

Nirmala Sitharaman speaks on Chandrayaan-3

#WATCH | Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman briefs the Rajya Sabha on ISRO's Chandrayaan-3 mission pic.twitter.com/Alm4R6QhWt
— ANI (@ANI) September 20, 2023

2023-09-20 11:00 GMT

Asaduddin Owaisi blames Nehru, Patel

Hyderabad MP and AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi blames Pandit Nehru and Sardar Patel for poor Muslim representation in Parliament. He says Nehru and Patel are responsible for declining Muslim representation. After protests by Congress MPs, the names of Nehru and Patel were expunged from Owaisi's remark in LS records.

2023-09-20 10:59 GMT

Nobody opposed the Bill: Chowdhury

#WATCH | Delhi: On Women's Reservation Bill, Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury says, "The Bill should be passed...It is our duty to give suggestions apart from supporting the Bill. We want to give suggestions to the govt...Nobody opposed the Bill in the… pic.twitter.com/Z2x5zCAOk5
— ANI (@ANI) September 20, 2023

2023-09-20 10:18 GMT

Smriti Irani takes a dig at Opposition over 'jumla' remark

#WATCH | Delhi: On the Women's Reservation Bill, Union and Women Child Development Minister Smriti Irani, "Today, those who called it Jumla and said that it happened because they wrote several letters for it, at least they accepted that they kept insulting him (PM Modi) but he… pic.twitter.com/USegrmCEEt
— ANI (@ANI) September 20, 2023

2023-09-20 10:01 GMT

Smriti Irani: Bill guarantees reservation to women till 15 years after implementation

#WATCH | Union Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani speaks on Women's Reservation Bill in Lok Sabha"When this bill was brought, some people said that it is "our bill"...UPA chairman Sonia Gandhi in an article of the proposed bill had said that "no seat shall be… pic.twitter.com/h7kjBL3RMD
— ANI (@ANI) September 20, 2023

2023-09-20 09:57 GMT

Jitendra Singh on Chandrayaan-3 success

#WATCH | Union Minister of State (Ind. Charge) Science & Technology, Dr Jitendra Singh says, "Our Chandrayaan has cost us just Rs 600 Crores whereas the simultaneous lunar mission which didn't prove to be successful costs Rs 16,000 Crores. Our scientists working in huge financial… pic.twitter.com/D0cLemyKiy
— ANI (@ANI) September 20, 2023

2023-09-20 09:41 GMT

Speak with action and support Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam: Smriti Irani

#WATCH | "...We have made women count. And it is time for you to step up in the opposition, and not mere reduce your words to paper, to speech, but speak with action and support Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam," says Union Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani on Women's… pic.twitter.com/KAMwpt5E4K
— ANI (@ANI) September 20, 2023