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Sharad Yadav challenges BJP, Congress on Women's Reservation Bill | The Janata Dal (United) president Sharad Yadav on Saturday
challenged both the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress Party and dared them to issue a whip to their respective party MPs to support Women’s Reservation
Bill. The UPA Government is introducing the Women’s Reservation Bill in the Rajya
Sabha on Monday. Interacting with the media here, Sharad Yadav said: “ If BJP
and Congress have courage let them issue a whip.” On Friday, in a significant
development, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has come out in support of the
Women's Reservation Bill, blowing a hole in the OBC resistance to the historic
move. “I am in support of the Women’s Reservation Bill in its present form, it
should be pushed through soon,” Nitish Kumar told reporters in Patna . Nitish
Kumar said he does not agree with the stand of Lalu Prasad, Mulayam Singh Yadav
and Sharad Yadav. Kumar, however, made it clear that he supported the
quota-within-quota
demand for Other Backward Castes and Muslim women within the larger quota for
women, but it should not delay the bill. “First, the women’s reservation bill
should get through without further delay. The quota-within-quota demand should
not become a big hurdle,” he said. He also appealed Sharad Yadav to reconsider
party’s decision and support the Women’s Reservation Bill. “I will appeal to my
leader Sharad Yadav and other colleagues to reconsider their stand," Kumar said.
Commenting on Kumar’s statement, Yadav said: “It’s an internal matter and will
sort it out.” He also added that the statement is Kumar’s personal opinion and
not of the party’s. Meanwhile, forum of independent MPs Lok Morcha also
extended its support to the Bill. |
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