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To oppose the Hindutva agenda of the BJP, the INDIA parties are considering an OBC consolidation plan, or what some have dubbed Mandal 2.0. Siddaramaiah is now in Delhi to speak with MPs and Union Ministers from Karnataka on the Cauvery water dispute.
Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam or Women's Reservation Bill
The contentious women's reservation law was the subject of a contentious debate in the Parliament on Tuesday because some of its clauses didn't sit well with the opposition.
As soon as the new Parliament's two Houses met for the first time on Tuesday, lawmakers of the Centre and the Opposition began exchanging jabs over the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, or Women's Reservation Bill, which Union law minister Arjun Ram Meghwal had tabled in the Lok Sabha.
33%, of seats for women representatives
The Bill ensures that women would hold 33% of the seats in state legislatures and the lower house of the Parliament. Beginning with the day the Act takes effect, the reservation will be exercisable for a period of 15 years. More time can be added by the Parliament. READ MORE :- SPECIAL SESSION OF PARLIAMENT WILL BE HELD FROM SEPTEMBER 18 TO 22
The planned reservations would reportedly be put into effect after becoming an Act after the delimitation procedure based on the following decadal census is finished.
Sonia Gandhi to lead the debate
Sonia Gandhi, the leader of the Congress Parliamentary Party, will speak in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday during the discussion of the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, or women's reservation bill.
What does the Constitution (128th Amendment) Bill, 2023, seek to introduce?
In the Constitution (128th Amendment) Bill of 2023, three new articles and one new clause are proposed.
According to the new 239AA provision, women must hold one-third of the seats reserved for members of the scheduled caste (SC), one-third of the total number of seats to be filled by direct elections, and one-third of the seats in the Delhi Legislative Assembly.
In accordance with the new Article 330A, women are now eligible for a third of the Lok Sabha seats allocated for SCs and STs as well as a third of all seats to be filled by direct elections.
According to the new article 332A, women are entitled to one-third of the seats designated for SCs and STs as well as one-third of all seats to be filled by direct elections to the Legislative Assembly (LA).
Opposition-Centre traded barbs over the new Bill
The presentation of the women's reservation law on September 19 would make that day "immortal," according to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who also advocated for greater participation of women in the formulation of public policy.
The BJP government's Bill, according to the opposition, including Congress, is a "jumla" and a "huge betrayal" of Indian women. The BJP replied by claiming that the Congress never really intended to give women a seat in the Lok Sabha and state legislatures.
Union minister Amit Shah said
"Unfortunately, the opponents cannot understand this. What's worse, according to Union Minister Amit Shah, is that the Congress has never taken women's reservation seriously outside of tokenism.
Kharge's ‘weaker women’ remark sparked protest
Mallikarjun Kharge, the leader of the opposition in the Rajya Sabha, sparked a heated debate when he said that most political parties do not grant seats to women from underrepresented groups. He continued to criticise PM Modi, claiming that his administration had caused the federal government to "weaken."
This habit that they give tickets to weaker women.
Every political party has the practise of giving tickets to less strong women. I am aware of how parties choose women from reserved castes and socially inferior sections...Women from weaker areas are handed tickets with the instruction not to speak. Women are falling behind in all political parties because of this. You deny them their rights and their right to speak, Kharge remarked in his address.
Union finance minster Nirmala Sitharaman
Nirmala Sitharaman, the union finance minister, responded angrily to Kharge's remarks, saying that the opposition cannot denigrate people in such a way.
Droupadi Murmu: "Who is he? A leader of the opposition cannot disparage individuals in this way or distinguish between men and women. All women should be given reservations, the Union minister stated.
