HOW PINK IS OUR PARLIAMENT

The current Lok Sabha has 78 women as MPs. If the Women's Reservation Bill is passed today, their number would jump to 180 in the next election. In the Rajya Sabha, the number of women as MPs would jump from current 27 to 81.

The current Lok Sabha has 78 women as MPs. If the Women's Reservation Bill is passed today, their number would jump to 180 in the next election. In the Rajya Sabha, the number of women as MPs would jump from current 27 to 81. On International Women's Day, a number of Members of Parliament such as Priyanka Chaturvedi of the Shiv Sena and Dr Fauzia Khan of the NCP demanded that the Women's Reservation Bill be passed at the earliest. Chaturvedi additionally demanded to amend the pending bill to increase the proposed quota for women in the Lok Sabha and the state assemblies to 50 per cent.