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| Govt evolving consensus on Women's |
| Govt evolving consensus on Women's Bill: PM
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| INDIA
, 8-March-2007
9:44:35 AM |
| Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asserted on Thursday that the UPA government was committed to work towards a broad-based consensus on the Women's Reservation Bill.
"Our government remains committed to work towards broad based consensus on the Bill," said Singh.
The Prime Minister was speaking in the Rajya Sabha on the occasion of International Women's Day.
Greeting women on the occasion, he said, "I reaffirm our government's commitment to work steadfastly for political, social and economic empowerment of our women."
Endorsed by CMP
On reservation for women in legislatures, he stated that this commitment was endorsed by UPA's Commom Minimum Programme.
"I have been working quite hard to build a broad-based consensus on the matter," he maintained
The Prime Minister further said that some months ago he had almost succeeded in building the consensus.
"But, some problems arose and we could not bring it (the Bill) in the last session of Parliament," he said.
Earlier, several women members asked the Prime Minister to strive for early introduction of the Women's Reservation Bill.
BJP leader Sushma Swaraj and others said efforts should be made to bring it in the second half of the budget session.
Cutting across political affiliations, women members in the Lok Sabha also demanded reservation for them in Parliament and Assemblies.
In response, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Priyaranjan Dasmunsi said the UPA government was committed to do it before the end of its tenure.
Noting that passing of the bill would require two-third support in Parliament, he said discussions had been held and were being held with various political parties on the issue.
Speaker Somnath Chatterjee suspended the Question Hour for some time to make a statement on the issue and allowed lady members to share their views.
"On this solemn day, we should reaffirm our commitment to improve the condition of women.
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