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No Special Parliament Session for Women's Reservation, Delimitation Bills

No Special Parliament Session for Women's Reservation, Delimitation Bills
No proposal for special Parliament session on women’s reservation, delimitation bills: Rijiju · theprint.in

Parliament is a big meeting place where India's leaders make laws.

Some people guessed that a special meeting of Parliament might happen soon to talk about two bills.

One bill would give women 33 percent of the seats, meaning about one out of every three seats, in law-making houses.

Another bill would make the Lok Sabha bigger, up to 816 seats in total.

But a minister named Kiren Rijiju said there is no plan for a special meeting from August 16 to 18.

The government is still trying to pass these bills during the current meeting session.

The minister met a leader from the Congress party, Rahul Gandhi, to ask for his support, but he did not promise anything yet.

A similar try a few months ago did not work because not enough leaders said yes.

So for now, the two bills are still waiting to be agreed on by Parliament.

Key facts

Statement by
Kiren Rijiju, Parliamentary Affairs Minister
Date
August 5 (Wednesday)
Location
New Delhi
Denied special session dates
August 16-18
Women's reservation target
33 percent of legislature seats by 2029
Proposed Lok Sabha seats
816
Bill name
Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill
Previous attempt
Failed nearly four months ago due to lack of numbers

Quotes

Kiren Rijiju

Parliamentary Affairs Minister of India

“There is no proposal to have any special session from August 16 to 18 on women’s reservation and delimitation bills.”
theprint.in

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