Preparation to implement women’s reservation soon! Government may bring amendment bill in this session

New Delhi: Modi government is going to take a big initiative on women’s reservation. According to the information, the government may bring an amendment bill to the Women’s Reservation Act in this session. According to information received from sources, by amending the Nari Shakti Vandan Act 2023, the government wants to separate the women’s quota from the condition of delimitation and implementation after the census. For this, consent of other parties is necessary.

Home Minister Amit Shah contacted many parties

On Monday, Home Minister Amit Shah held a meeting with several regional parties. Leaders of NCP, SP, BJD, Shiv Sena, Uddhav Thackeray, YSR Congress and Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen were also included in it. A meeting is yet to be held with Congress and TMC. According to sources, since the government has approached the opposition parties regarding the Women’s Reservation Act, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has written a letter to Union Minister Kiren Rijiju demanding an all-party meeting on the subject. Kharge has demanded that all political parties be kept involved in the process and the bill be discussed in an all-party meeting before presenting it in Parliament.

Plan to bring amendment bill in Parliament next week

The government is planning to bring this amendment bill in Parliament next week. It is being told that if the government is successful in getting the amendment passed, then it will be implemented in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand from 2027. Assembly elections are to be held in both the states next year

Nari Shakti Vandan Bill was passed in 2023

The NDA government had passed the Nari Shakti Vandan Bill in 2023 to amend the Constitution to give 33 percent reservation to women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies. This Act has been made. The government had called a special session of Parliament for the Nari Shakti Vandan Act. The NDA government made some amendments in the Women’s Reservation Bill that was pending for 27 years and named it Nari Shakti Vandan.

33 percent reservation for women from 2029

According to the Nari Shakti Vandan Act, 33 percent women’s reservation was to be implemented from the 2029 Lok Sabha elections. The reason for this was census and delimitation because 2021 census could not be conducted due to Covid and women reservation could not be given on the basis of 2011 census data. But now the government wants to free women’s reservation from the condition of census and delimitation.