BRS MLC K Kavitha wary of Women’s Reservation Bill contents

BRS MLC K Kavitha has hailed the reported decision of the Union Cabinet to approve the Women’s Reservation Bill but expressed apprehension on the contents of the Bill.

She said there was no official communication from the central government and “everybody had to learn of this development through the media”.

Minister of State Prahlad Singh Patel had on Monday posted on social media platform X that the Cabinet has approved the women's reservation bill but deleted the post within an hour.

While there was no official word on what transpired in the Cabinet meeting, which lasted for more than 90 minutes on Monday evening, speculations were rife that it approved the women’s reservation bill.

“I am elated, I am very happy and I am on cloud nine dancing away but also worried a little bit,” Kavita said on Monday, welcoming the Cabinet’s reported decision, but was cautious as to what would be the format of the bill or will it be the same one passed in the Rajya Sabha in 2008 amid other doubts.

She maintained that there was no clarity on when this Bill will be introduced in Parliament, or a completely different Bill will be introduced and what its objectives would be.

Kavitha has been a prominent voice in raising the demand for the Women’s Reservation Bill.

Earlier this month, the BRS leader made an appeal to 47 political parties, including BJP and Congress, to unite and pass the long-awaited bill in the special session of Parliament.

In March, Kavitha sat on a hunger strike in New Delhi demanding the tabling and passing of the bill, which seeks to reserve 33 per cent of seats in the Lok Sabha and state Legislative Assemblies for women. (PTI)