Parliament LIVE: RS Takes Up Women's Reservation Bill, Parl to Adjourn Sine Die Thereafter

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on Thursday said the women’s reservation bill was overall a good move despite the fact that there will be some delay in its implementation. He, however, questioned as to why the the central government is delaying the census for the first time since it began in 1931. “Why are they delaying it (census) so much. It could have been implemented immediately. Why do we need to wait till 2024? What’s the problem, it should have been done immediately. It was happening every 10 years. It started in 1931, and this is the first time it has been delayed. This is not good… But this (women’s reservation) is nice, there will be some delay in the implementation but it will be good for women whenever it gets implemented,” he said. ANI

TMC MP Dola Sen on Thursday said the party will welcome the women’s reservation bill if the BJP government at the Centre implements it. “You must have seen how the decision on NPR, NRC, and CAA happened. How the decision on the farmers’ bill happened you had seen… For the first time in the history of Parliament… I was suspended… We will welcome it if they implement it…” she said. ANI

AIADMK leader M Thambi Durai on Thursday said the introduction of the women’s reservation bill was a happy occasion for him as he was the one who had introduced it when he was the law minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led central government. “This is a historic bill. In 1998-99, I was the law minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government. I introduced the bill at that time. It is a very happy occasion for me and the AIADMK party… Now the (Narendra) Modi government has brought this bill… AIADMK will support this bill,” he said. ANI

BJP MP Ajay Mishra Teni on Thursday said everyone should thank Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the introduction of the women’s reservation bill. He said it showed his intentions and thoughts about women empowerment. “This is for the empowerment of women and it should be seen as a good step… this shows the intentions of PM Modi and his thoughts towards women empowerment. We all must thank PM Modi…” he added. ANI

Tripura CM Manik Saha on Thursday said credit for introducing the women’s reservation bill belongs to Prime Minister Narendra Modi alone. Thanking the prime minister, he said: “…Who has implemented it? The credit only goes to PM Modi. The bill was passed yesterday. I would like to thank him on behalf of the people, especially the women of Tripura… The bill has become a milestone.” ANI

Congress Rajya Sabha MP Deepender Singh Hooda on Thursday said the BJP’s intent was unclear with regard to the introduction of the women’s reservation bill, especially when it was not going to be implemented immediately. “…The BJP’s intent in this is not clear… If the intent was women empowerment, then it should have been implemented immediately… Earlier too, when the Bill was introduced in 2010 or 1979, the BJP opposed it… Today, we are trying to pass this in Rajya Sabha with common consensus…” he said. ANI

Cutting across party lines, Rajya Sabha members on Thursday supported the bill to provide 33 percent reservation for women in the Lower House of Parliament and state assemblies, even as some opposition members termed it an election gimmick. During the debate in the Upper House on the 128th Constitution Amendment Bill that seeks to reserve a third of seats in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies for women, members also highlighted the need to accelerate the process instead of waiting for a fresh census and delimitation exercise. PTI

Tennis player Sania Mirza expressed her congratulations on the passage of the women’s reservation bill in Lok Sabha and said it was a “much needed platform”. “I have always advocated for women’s rights on every front and will continue to do so and this bill just brings us closer to the equal opportunity that every woman deserves,” she said in a post on X (formerly Twitter).

Members of Parliament of the National Democratic Alliance will be meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi around 5 pm to thank the central government for introducing the women’s reservation bill, which was passed by Lok Sabha on Wednesday (September 20). It now awaits clearing in Rajya Sabha.

News18 has learnt that Parliament will be adjourned sine die today after the Women’s Reservation Bill is passed in Rajya Sabha.

Actor Divya Dutta at Parliament on Thursday and said the Women’s Reservation Bill was a big initiative bringing women to the forefront.

“This [Women’s Reservation Bill] is a big initiative. It feels really good. The women are being brought to the forefront. To witness a special session of Parliament is an experience in itself..,” actor Divya Dutta said at Parliament.

Actor Tamannaah Bhatia said that the Women’s Reservation Bill will inspire common people to join politics.

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Reservation should be ensured for backward women and minority women, Bihar Deputy CM and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav said on Thursday.

“No one knows when it will be implemented because it will be implemented after the census and delimitation. We want women to get the benefit of this as soon as possible. Our demand is that a caste census should also be conducted. PM Modi has come up with a new ‘Jumla’ through this but there is no reservation for backward classes and minorities and it will be implemented in 2029. OBC people are seeing all this and they know how to get their rights…,” Tejashwi Yadav said.

“On August 23, we scripted history as our unmanned Moon mission’s lander module made a flawless soft landing making us only the fourth country to achieve this feat and first to reach the uncharted South pole of Earth’s only natural satellite, the Moon,” says Congress MP Shashi Tharoor in Lok Sabha.

“Poori Himmat hai…China pe bhi..Mein charcha karne ke liye taiyaar hun aur seena chauda karke charcha karne ke liye taiyaar hun…,” says Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury who asks him if he has the courage to discuss China issue in Lok Sabha.

“Women always had an important role in the Indian culture. We have always seen her as ‘Shakti’, ‘Devi’ and someone who guides the society… I am putting forth my statement in support of the 128th Constitutional Amendment Bill. The ‘Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam’ (Women’s Reservation Bill) was passed uninterrupted in the Lok Sabha yesterday and I firmly believe that it will pass in this House too, unanimously,” says BJP MP JP Nadda in Rajya Sabha.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his heartfelt gratitude to all the Lok Sabha members on Thursday for their wholehearted support for the passage of the women’s reservation bill.

At the beginning of the proceedings of the House, the prime minister said the passage on Wednesday of the “Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam”, which will provide 33 per cent reservation to women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies, was a golden moment in India’s parliamentary journey.

The bill will energise the country’s women power and they will be able to take more responsibility, he said.

Women’s Reservation Bill | In Rajya Sabha, BJP president and MP JP Nadda says, “…We all know that the proceedings in this new Parliament began from Ganesh Utsav and yesterday in Lok Sabha, the Women’s Reservation Bill – Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam – was passed without any obstacles. I am confident that it will be passed here unanimously without any obstacles.”