Rahul Gandhi hard sells UPA with 33% job quota for women promise
TNN | Mar 14, 2019, 07:17 IST
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi interacting with students of Stella Maris College for Women in Chennai on WednesdayCHENNAI: Launching the UPA election campaign from the southern tip of the country, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday promised 33% reservation for women in all government-sector jobs.
"It will be the first order that the Congress government will sign when it comes to power after the 2019 polls," Gandhi said at a public meeting in Nagercoil as DMK leader M K Stalin and other allies looked on. He also promised to implement the long-pending women's quota bill.
Upbeat about having sewed up poll pacts in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Jharkhand, Rahul said talks in J&K were in the final stages. "It is only the BJP that doesn't have an alliance," he said, adding that the Congress-led UPA will win the Lok Sabha battle and the new government would investigate the corruption in the purchase of Rafale fighter planes.
Rahul first made the promise of 33% quota for women in the morning, when he addressed students of Stella Maris College for Women. He reiterated it at his interaction with media later in the city.
Status of women better in South India: Rahul
Rahul said, “We will not only pass the bill for 33% reservation for women in Parliament, but will implement it in Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and state legislatures”. Setting the tone early in the day, Rahul praised South Indian women for their strength. To a question on the status of women in the country, he said, “The situation is better in South India when compared to the north. But there’s still scope for improvement.”
He said if the UPA formed a government, the Women’s Reservation Bill would be passed and 33% jobs in Centre and states would be reserved for women. Promising to simplify GST with a single and lower tax, Rahul said the Congress’ promise of minimum income guarantee will be a gamechanger.
"It will be the first order that the Congress government will sign when it comes to power after the 2019 polls," Gandhi said at a public meeting in Nagercoil as DMK leader M K Stalin and other allies looked on. He also promised to implement the long-pending women's quota bill.
Upbeat about having sewed up poll pacts in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Jharkhand, Rahul said talks in J&K were in the final stages. "It is only the BJP that doesn't have an alliance," he said, adding that the Congress-led UPA will win the Lok Sabha battle and the new government would investigate the corruption in the purchase of Rafale fighter planes.
Rahul first made the promise of 33% quota for women in the morning, when he addressed students of Stella Maris College for Women. He reiterated it at his interaction with media later in the city.
Status of women better in South India: Rahul
Rahul said, “We will not only pass the bill for 33% reservation for women in Parliament, but will implement it in Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and state legislatures”. Setting the tone early in the day, Rahul praised South Indian women for their strength. To a question on the status of women in the country, he said, “The situation is better in South India when compared to the north. But there’s still scope for improvement.”
He said if the UPA formed a government, the Women’s Reservation Bill would be passed and 33% jobs in Centre and states would be reserved for women. Promising to simplify GST with a single and lower tax, Rahul said the Congress’ promise of minimum income guarantee will be a gamechanger.
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