Biju Janata Dal (BJD), the regional political party in the Indian state of Odisha,  has demanded that the Women’s Reservation Bill be passed in the Budget Session of Parliament. This was demanded by Pinaki Mishra, BJD Parliamentary Party leader in Lok Sabha in the All Party meeting held at New Delhi on Saturday for the Budget Session of Parliament

Misra said Odisha Chief Minister and BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik had directed him to raise the issue of the passage of the bill. “BJD gave seven out of twenty one MP tickets to women in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, being the only political party to do so. Five of our women MPs won and so did 2 BJP MPs, so CM (Patnaik) is happy that Odisha is the only state in the country to have one third women MPs in Lok Sabha,”

Mishra added that both BJP and Congress has publicly backed this Women’s Reservation Bill along with a number of political parties (YSR Congress and TRS today openly backed Chief Minister of Odisha’s demand for passage of Women’s Reservation Bill), Hence it should be no problem to pass this in Lok Sabha.

“Rajya Sabha has already passed it almost 10 years back. Therefore, Naveen Patnaik ji feels that the time has come when the Lok Sabha must pass it,” Misra added.

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