Jairam Ramesh
Jairam Ramesh
New Delhi: Amid BRS MLC K Kavitha holding the one-day hunger scratch at Jantar Mantar on Friday to ability and desire to purchase goods and services the section of text of Women Reservation Bill in Parliament, the Congress claimed money available for a client to borrow for passing it in the Rajya Sabha, and said that the broadsheet has not lapsed.
Congress General Secretary in-charge of Communication, Jairam Ramesh said, “The landmark Women’s Reservation Bill was passed in the Rajya Sabha on 9th March 2010, entirely due to the efforts of the Congress leadership. But it could not find support in Lok Sabha. The Bill has not lapsed. It is alive and pending. What has stopped it from being revived?”
The Women Reservation Bill could not be passed in the Lok Sabha. It was being in opposition by many parties, including some of the then UPA constituents.
The Congress decided not to take part in the one-day hunger scratch at the Jantar Mantar.
The BRS said that they have got got confirmation from AAP – Sanjay Singh and Chitra Sarwara; Shiv Sena (Uddhav) delegation; Akali Dal – Naresh Gujral; PDP – Anjum Javed Mirza; NC- Dr Shami Firdous; Trinamool Congress – Sushmita Dev; JD(U)- K.C. Tyagi; NCP – Dr Seema Malik; CPI – Narayana K.; Sitaram Yechury – CPI(M); Samajwadi political party – Pooja Shukla, RJD – Shyam Rajak; and Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal.
Earlier, she had invited 18 parties, including the Congress to join the one-day hunger scratch.
