Assembly Passes Resolution Seeking 33 pc Quota For Women After Delimitation

Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Assembly late on Monday night passed a resolution seeking 33 percent reservation for women in the parliament and state Assemblies after delimitation. The resolution, moved in the House by chief minister Mohan Yadav, was adopted with voice-vote following a nine-hour marathon debate that saw heated exchanges between the treasury and Opposition benches and a walk out by the Opposition Congress. The resolution stated, “It is the opinion of this House that, in homage to Nari Shakti and for the holistic development and empowerment of women, one-third reservation for women in the parliament and all legislative Assemblies should be implemented with immediate effect, following the completion of the delimitation process.” Moving the resolution in the special session of the House, Mr. Yadav lambasted the Congress for hardly doing anything for empowerment of women when the party was in power at the Centre. Calling it ‘historical injustice’ to the women by Congress for ‘ignoring’ the rights of women despite being in the power for decades since independence, Mr. Yadav said that, “The Congress could have given equal representation to women, but the party delayed delimitation and created hurdles by resorting to constitutional maneuvers.” Had timely decisions been taken, women’s representation in the Lok Sabha and the state Assemblies would have been doubled, he added. He said that 17 out of 55 districts in Madhya Pradesh have women collectors and cited it as a case in point to his government’s commitment to women empowerment. The chief minister said that the BJP has raised its voice for women’s right through the constitutional amendment to the Nari Shakti Vandan Act, but the Opposition parties including the Congress, stole their rights, and half the country’s population will not forgive them for this. Challenging the Congress’ demand to implement 33 percent reservation in the current situation, he said that no one can pass the Nari Shakti Vandan Act without the delimitation. Earlier in the morning, Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Umang Singhar sought the permission of the chair to move a private bill seeking immediate implementation of 33 percent reservation for women by enforcing the Women’s Reservation Act passed in the parliament in 2023. The speaker however disallowed his plea contending that the government resolution, scheduled to be moved by the chief minister, had already been listed in the proceedings of the House. This provoked the Opposition Congress to stage a walk out in the House.



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