In a recent public address, actor Kangana Ranaut claimed that she received the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) ticket to contest elections from the Mandi constituency in Himachal Pradesh because of the Women's Reservation Bill.
Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde says critics are not providing any reasons for their claim that the quota bill granting 10% reservation to the Maratha community will fail in court. Find out more about the bill and its implications.
Several Maratha organisations express their apprehension over the quota bill passing the legal test and allege that the special session of the assembly on Tuesday was called keeping in mind the upcoming elections.
The new House has 20 women MLAs or 10% of total with 9 each from BJP and Congress, and 1 Independent. Since 2008, the number of women MLAs has dropped in every election
prime minister mr narendra modi could not conceal his sense of deep satisfaction and clear joy upon meeting the jubilant women members of parliament following the passage of legislation ensuring reservation for women in parliament and other elective forums in the country. he had all the time been one of the strongest votaries of such a legislation and worked hard to ensure that the entire membership of parliament across the wide spectrum of ideologies came together to pass the women’s quota bill so poetical