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Women’s Reservation Bill introduced in Parliament : Quota within quota issue yet to be settled |
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At long last, the Manmohan Singh government introduced the Women’s Reservation Bill providing for 33 per cent quota for women in the Lok Sabha and the state Assemblies in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, May 6, promising that it will be passed in the Monsoon session of Parliament. But there is no settlement of the quota within quota demand mooted by other backward classes (OBC) based parties such as Lalu Prasad Yadav’s Rashtriya Janata Dal, which is a constituent of the ruling coalition and Mulayam ...
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