Regional parties unite to push for women's reservation bill
BJD and BRS leaders push the tabling and passage of the bill in Special Parliament Session beginning Monday
During an all-party meeting convened by the government on the eve of a five-day parliamentary session on Sunday (September 17), multiple regional parties, such as the BJD and BRS, strongly pushed for the introduction of the Women's Reservation Bill in Parliament.
Congress MP Pramod Tiwari said his party will raise issues like price rise, unemployment, social conflict and the Manipur situation during the all-party meeting. He arrived at the Parliament House Complex to attend it.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, the deputy leader of the House in Lok Sabha; Union Minister Piyush Goyal, the leader of the House in Rajya Sabha; and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi represented the government in the meeting.
BJD and BRS leaders said they will push for the tabling and passage of the women reservation bill in the five-day session.
Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, former prime minister and JD(S) leader H D Deve Gowda, DMK's Kanimozhi, TDP's Ram Mohan Naidu, TMC's Derek O'Brien, AAP's Sanjay Singh, BJD's Sasmit Patra, BRS' K Keshava Rao, YSR Congress Party's V Vijayasai Reddy, RJD's Manoj Jha and JD(U)'s Anil Hegde and SP's Ram Gopal Yadav were among those who attended the meeting.
(With agency inputs)
