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BSP opposes Women's Reservation Bill seeking quota within quota for SC/ST | Bahujan Samaj Party on Sunday evening opposed the Women Reservation Bill in its present form by seeking inclusion of quota for Schedule Caste, Schedule Tribe women in it.
“Bill must be amended to include SC/ST women’s quota in it If the Bill is amended
to include our demands, we will vote for it. We oppose it in its present form,
” BSP was quoted by a private news channel as saying on Sunday. BSP’s opposition
to the Women Reservation Bill came following main rival Samajwadi Party and Rashtriya
Janata Dal’s opposition to it for SC/ST women and minority’s cause. On Sunday
RJD’s Lalu Prasad Yadav and SP’s Mulayam Singh Yadav contended that the Bill was
nothing but a conspiracy by the Congress and the BJP to eliminate the Backward
Classes, Dalit’s and the Muslims. On Sunday, both the leaders blamed Congress
and BJP being hand in gloves. Describing the Bill as a "political blunder", Mr.
Lalu Yadav alleged that it was a conspiracy hatched by both BJP and Congress parties
to suppress representation of women belonging to the OBC, ST/SC and Muslim communities.
He said because the Centre lacked guts to implement the Ranganath Mishra Commission
and Sachar panel reports, hence it’s passing of the Women's Reservation Bill.
Mr. Lalu called it just a "diversionary tactic", he told reporters in Patna before
leaving for New Delhi to garner support against the bill in its present form.
“I am for 50 per cent reservation for women belonging to all communities... But
you cannot ignore the interests of women from deprived sections of the society.
"Did women like Sushma Swaraj require reservation to reach the top? ... It only
proves that the Bill is meant for the elite classes," Mr. Lalu Yadav said in Patna
. Mr. Lalu even claimed that certain top leaders of the BJP and Congress were
in constant touch with him and were hesitating just because their respective parties
have issued whips. “All political parties should allot seats for women. If they
fail to do so, EC should de-recognize such parties. BJP-Congress is hand-in-glove
in pushing the bill. They are against Dalit’s, Muslims and Backward Classes. We
will do everything to fight this,” said Mulayam Singh Yadav, the SP chief. Meanwhile,
SP Chief Whip Shailendra Kumar, said the party will issue a whip to MPs over the
measure which will be taken up in the Rajya Sabha tomorrow. "We will have a meeting
of our MPs tomorrow morning just before parliament commences to discuss our strategy
over the Bill. Although all our MPs are following the party line of opposing the
Bill, we will also issue a whip so that nobody goes against the party stand,"
he said. The Women Reservation Bill that seeks 33 per cent reservation for women
in Parliament and Legislative Assemblies is slated to be tabled in Rajya Sabha
on Monday. |
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