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Patna/Lucknow:
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Samajwadi
Party (SP) on Sunday remained adamant in opposing the Women’s
Reservation Bill by playing the minority card.
The
three
parties are opposed to Women Reservation Bill in its present form
and are demanding quota within quota for backward and Muslim women.
RJD’s Lalu Prasad Yadav and SP’s Mulayam Singh Yadav
contend that the Bill is nothing but a conspiracy by the Congress
and the BJP to eliminate the Backward Classes, Dalit’s and the
Muslims.
On Sunday, both the leaders blamed Congress and BJP
being hand in gloves.
Describing the Bill as a "political blunder", Lalu
Yadav alleged that it was a conspiracy hatched by both BJP and
Congress parties to suppress representation of women belonging to
the OBC, ST/SC and Muslim communities.
He said because the Centre lacked guts to implement
the Ranganath Mishra Commission and Sachar panel reports, it is in
hurry to pass the Women's Reservation Bill.
Lalu calling it just a "diversionary tactic", told
reporters in Patna before leaving for New Delhi to garner support
against the bill in its present form.
“I am for 50 per cent reservation for women belonging
to all communities... But you cannot ignore the interests of women
from deprived sections of the society. "Did women like Sushma Swaraj
require reservation to reach the top? ... It only proves that the
Bill is meant for the elite classes," Lalu Yadav said in Patna.
Lalu even claimed that certain top leaders of the BJP
and Congress were in constant touch with him and were hesitating
just because their respective parties have issued whips.
“All political parties should allot seats for women.
If they fail to do so, EC should de-recognize such parties. BJP-Congress
is hand-in-glove in pushing the bill. They are against Dalit’s,
Muslims and Backward Classes. We will do everything to fight this,”
said Mulayam Singh Yadav, the SP chief in a Times Now report.
SP Chief Whip Shailendra Kumar, said the party will
issue a whip to MPs over the measure which will be taken up in the
Rajya Sabha on Monday.
"We will have a meeting of our MPs Monday morning
just before parliament commences to discuss our strategy over the
Bill. Although all our MPs are following the party line of opposing
the Bill, we will also issue a whip so that nobody goes against the
party stand," he said.
Meanwhile, following the stand taken by main rivals
SP and RJD, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Sunday evening opposed the
Women Reservation Bill in its present form by seeking inclusion of
quota for Schedule Caste, Schedule Tribe women in it.
“Bill must be amended to include SC/ST women’s quota
in it. If the Bill is amended to include our demands, we will vote
for it. We oppose it in its present form, ” BSP was quoted by a
private news channel as saying on Sunday.
The Women Reservation Bill is slated for being tabled in Rajya Sabha
on Monday.
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