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Women Reservation Bill

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Women reservation in Parliament and Assemblies: Centre issues FAQs to counter delimitation row

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Government says reservation to be implemented without waiting for post 2026 Census, highlights proportional seat expansion, safeguards SC and ST representation, and reiterates that Constitution does not allow religion based quota for Muslim women
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Women in Parliaments of the world: Read which countries have reservations, which have candidate quotas, and where India stands globally

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According to an estimate, at the current rates of progress in granting women representation in political spheres, gender parity in national legislative bodies will not be achieved before 2063
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Special Parliament Session: Lok Sabha votes to introduce constitution amendment bill, women’s reservation to become reality with 50% increase in Lok Sabha seats

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The three-day special sitting of Parliament began on Thursday morning as the government introduced three major bills aimed at paving the way for the...
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Opposition for optics, not principle: Congress, SP and allies cry “haste” on Women’s Reservation Bill despite earlier demanding immediate rollout — hypocrisy exposed

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Rahul Gandhi outlined, "There is no relationship between granting women reservation and the census or delimitation."
Government and Policy

Centre plans to delink Census, push delimitation: Read how Modi govt aims to fast-track Women’s Reservation ahead of 2029 polls

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The Modi government's action intends to advance women's reservation in state assemblies and the Lok Sabha by two years.
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Congress throws Shama Mohammad, one of the most vociferous defenders of the party, under the bus after she questions lack of women representation in...

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Before Shama Mohamed called out grand old party, MP Congress IT Cell vice president had targeted BJP for not giving sufficient representation to women in the state for upcoming elections
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‘Women with lipstick and bob-cut hair will reach Parliament’: RJD’s Abdul Bari Siddiqui makes sexist remark on women’s reservation, BJP reacts

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Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Abdul Bari Siddiqui made a highly sexist remark while opposing the Women's Reservation Bill
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Smriti Irani schools Rajdeep Sardesai on Women’s Reservation Bill after he tries to hail Mamata Banerjee as a women’s rights champion

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Union Minister Smriti Irani recently reminded Sardesai of the crimes committed by TMC workers against women in the state for opposing Mamata Banerjee in the elections, as Rajdeep Sardesai attempted to credit Mamata Banerjee for advocating for women's reservation.
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While attacking Modi govt on Women’s Reservation Bill, Rahul Gandhi insults Hindus and their faith yet again by insinuating that Murthis in Temples are...

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The Congress leader has demanded that the delimitation clause should be removed from the bill - and while doing so - insulted Hindus again
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“They objected to the words Nari Shakti Vandan”: PM Modi exposes opposition in his address to women BJP workers

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PM said that those who used to tear the Bill apart, today they had to support it because women have emerged as a "Shakti" in the nation in the past 10 years.
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