Parliament Special Session Live Updates: BJP accuses Congress of politicising women's reservation bill

On Women's Reservation Bill AAP MP Sanjay Singh says, "We (the INDIA alliance) had a consensus that along with opposing we would show the intention of the BJP and Narendra Modi to the country. But we will support it so that the blame does not come on the INDIA alliance..."

It will be the most transformative revolution in our times for gender justice: President Droupadi Murmu on women's reservation bill

Speaking in Lok Sabha, BJP MP Nishkant Dubey said, "When Sonia Gandhi was speaking, I thought she will speak rising above politics because she is the voice of opposition. The women who were at the forefront to raise their voice for this Bill, she was Bengal's Geeta Mukherjee and BJP's Sushma Swaraj. Had they not been there, we would not be seeing this reservation. But, Sonia Gandhi didn't mention either of them. What kind of politics is this? She wants to take the credit for the Bill, but this is not their Bill."

BJP MP Nishikant Dubey launched a scathing attack on Congress in Parliament Wednesday, suggesting that Congress was squandering the opportunity to empower women by politicising it. 

"I thought Sonia Gandhi would speak rising above political lines but she did not mention Geeta Mukherjee and Sushma Swaraj who worked extensively for women's reservation", says Nishikant Dubey. 

"The bill you brought was wrong and those who protested against it were Geeta Mukherjee and Sushma Swaraj. This is BJP and PM Modi's bill," Dubey said. 

"Women's Reservation is necessary and we have been demanding it since the beginning. They will not implement it so what they had to do should have been done. We have told them to do a caste-based census, we have demanded this," said Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on the Women's Reservation Bill.

I stand to support the bill, says Sonia Gandhi in Lok Sabha during debate on women's reservation bill.

Union Law & Justice Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal makes a strong pitch for women quota bill.

"This Bill will enhance the dignity of women as well as equality of opportunities. Women will get representation. There are four important clauses..."

Lok Sabha proceedings begin. 

Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi to lead the party's debate on the Women's Reservation Bill in the Lok Sabha. 

"This is definitely not a Women's Reservation Bill, this is 'Mahila Bewakoof Banao' (dupe women's bill) bill. We have been saying this because none of the promises made by them have been fulfilled ever since PM Modi came to power. This is another 'jumla' brought by them...If you want to implement the Bill, AAP stands with you completely but implement it in 2024," AAP MP Sanjay Singh says.

"Do you think the women of the country are fools? Anti-women BJP has brought one more 'jumla' in the name of the Bill. Women of the country, political parties understand these election tactics. So, we say that if their intentions are clear, implement it in 2024..."