"Majority Government Made It Possible": PM On Women's Reservation Bill
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Reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies was talked about for nearly three decades, he noted, adding that the earlier efforts lacked commitment and women were even insulted.
Pitching for a "strong government with majority", Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that's what made the approval for the long-pending women's reservation bill possible. It proves that a majority government was required to take the country forward, he said.
Addressing an event organised by the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Mahila Morcha to felicitate him for the passage of the women's reservation bill in Parliament, he asserted it was no ordinary legislation, but an announcement of a new India's new democratic commitment.
"It is our privilege that the chance to script history was given to us by crores of Indians. The event (women's quota bill) will be discussed for generations...Some decisions can change the course of a country's future. The successful passage of the bill is one such decision," he said.
