SP, BSP welcome Women’s Reservation Bill underneath sure circumstances

Express News Service

LUCKNOW: Amidst the introduction of the much-awaited Women Reservation invoice in Lok Sabha on Tuesday, Samajwadi Party (SP) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) prolonged their help however underneath sure circumstances. 

The invoice, tabled in Lok Sabha a day after being cleared by the Modi cabinet, had SP sticking to its stance of a quota for girls from Pichhde (Backward class), Dalit (scheduled caste), and Alpsankhyak (Minorities) (PDA) inside the quota for girls in Lok Sabha and state assemblies.

The SP additionally demanded that the proper to order seats for girls should relaxation with the political events and never with the Election Commission.

While reacting to the central authorities’s transfer of pushing the invoice in by calling a particular session of the Parliament, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh mentioned the Bill should have a stability of gender and social justice.

“It must incorporate a mandatory and defined quota for PDA,” he maintained.

While backing the invoice in Lok Sabha, SP’s Mainpuri MP Dimple Yadav mentioned being a lady she helps the Bill however it might solely meet its actual objective if the girl standing on the bottom rung of society acquired her due as nicely.

Raising doubt on the intent of the Modi authorities, she requested, “Why the BJP-led NDA didn’t transfer the Bill earlier? Even if handed by the Lok Sabha, it is not going to be carried out within the 2024 normal elections or any of the 5 poll-bound assemblies. The BJP solely needs to create a notion of kinds by presenting the invoice by calling a particular session of Parliament,” Dimple mentioned.

However, the SP stood by the identical stance that it had in 2010 underneath the late Mulayam Singh Yadav when the then Congress-led UPA authorities on the Centre acquired the Bill cleared in Rajya Sabha and tabled it within the decrease home.

Then SP nationwide president Mulayam Singh Yadav spoke in opposition to the movement demanding particular quotas for girls from the Backward lessons and Muslims. At the identical time, SP Secretary General Ram Gopal Yadav expressed reservations over the Bill in its current kind. He was of the view that the Bill ought to entitle political events to resolve on the reservation of seats.

On the opposite hand, BSP president Mayawati additionally prolonged her help to the invoice expressing the hope that it might be handed this time in the home after dialogue.

She added that her get together would have welcomed it much more if the ladies got 50 % reservation within the Parliament and the state assemblies.

“The authorities should give it some thought. Whatever reservation is given to ladies, the quota for the ladies from SC, ST, and OBC communities must be labored out individually. They shouldn’t be included within the already present quota for SCs, STs, and OBCs communities else it is going to be unfair to those communities,” mentioned Mayawati.

“However, if the bill gets passed without the changes that we are seeking, it will show that the casteist mentality of BJP, Congress, and company as these parties want to keep these communities backward.” “If a separate quota is not assured to the SC, ST, and OBC women, it will be difficult for them to get a chance on general category seats because casteist parties do not want to see them grow.”

The BSP chief additionally sought the clear and time-bound implementation of the invoice. She additionally welcomed the graduation of proceedings within the new Parliament House.

LUCKNOW: Amidst the introduction of the much-awaited Women Reservation invoice in Lok Sabha on Tuesday, Samajwadi Party (SP) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) prolonged their help however underneath sure circumstances. 

The invoice, tabled in Lok Sabha a day after being cleared by the Modi cabinet, had SP sticking to its stance of a quota for girls from Pichhde (Backward class), Dalit (scheduled caste), and Alpsankhyak (Minorities) (PDA) inside the quota for girls in Lok Sabha and state assemblies.

The SP additionally demanded that the proper to order seats for girls should relaxation with the political events and never with the Election Commission.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

While reacting to the central authorities’s transfer of pushing the invoice in by calling a particular session of the Parliament, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh mentioned the Bill should have a stability of gender and social justice.

“It must incorporate a mandatory and defined quota for PDA,” he maintained.

While backing the invoice in Lok Sabha, SP’s Mainpuri MP Dimple Yadav mentioned being a lady she helps the Bill however it might solely meet its actual objective if the girl standing on the bottom rung of society acquired her due as nicely.

Raising doubt on the intent of the Modi authorities, she requested, “Why the BJP-led NDA didn’t transfer the Bill earlier? Even if handed by the Lok Sabha, it is not going to be carried out within the 2024 normal elections or any of the 5 poll-bound assemblies. The BJP solely needs to create a notion of kinds by presenting the invoice by calling a particular session of Parliament,” Dimple mentioned.

However, the SP stood by the identical stance that it had in 2010 underneath the late Mulayam Singh Yadav when the then Congress-led UPA authorities on the Centre acquired the Bill cleared in Rajya Sabha and tabled it within the decrease home.

Then SP nationwide president Mulayam Singh Yadav spoke in opposition to the movement demanding particular quotas for girls from the Backward lessons and Muslims. At the identical time, SP Secretary General Ram Gopal Yadav expressed reservations over the Bill in its current kind. He was of the view that the Bill ought to entitle political events to resolve on the reservation of seats.

On the opposite hand, BSP president Mayawati additionally prolonged her help to the invoice expressing the hope that it might be handed this time in the home after dialogue.

She added that her get together would have welcomed it much more if the ladies got 50 % reservation within the Parliament and the state assemblies.

“The authorities should give it some thought. Whatever reservation is given to ladies, the quota for the ladies from SC, ST, and OBC communities must be labored out individually. They shouldn’t be included within the already present quota for SCs, STs, and OBCs communities else it is going to be unfair to those communities,” mentioned Mayawati.

“However, if the bill gets passed without the changes that we are seeking, it will show that the casteist mentality of BJP, Congress, and company as these parties want to keep these communities backward.” “If a separate quota is not assured to the SC, ST, and OBC women, it will be difficult for them to get a chance on general category seats because casteist parties do not want to see them grow.”

The BSP chief additionally sought the clear and time-bound implementation of the invoice. She additionally welcomed the graduation of proceedings within the new Parliament House.