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Jamia Millia Islamia chief backs women's quota bill
Wednesday May 02, 2012 05:17:23 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Jamia Millia
Islamia Vice Chancellor Najeeb Jung Wednesday advocated the
passage of the women's reservation bill to empower the poor and
ordinary Indian women.
Giving the Maulana Azad memorial lecture on 'Governments,
Governance and Sensitivity' at the university, Jung said: "It took
14 years for the bill to reach the Rajya Sabha and the drama
enacted in parliament would be an envy for a play writer."
He highlighted the plight of women facing challenges like
malnutrition, child marriages and multiple pregnancies.
"No one speaks for them. I have not seen a politician, a civil
servant or an NGO who is not aware of the terrible condition of
these women," he said.
The audience included Law and Justice and Minority Affairs
Minister Salman Khurshid, Minister of State for Minority Affairs
Vincent H. Pala, students and faculty.
The women's reservation bill proposes 33 percent seats for women
in parliament and state legislatures. The bill was passed by the
Rajya Sabha in 2010. Now it is before the Lok Sabha.
Jung said the best of governments in independent India had failed
to deliver good governance.
"After a period of time these governments tend to shut their eyes
to the acute conditions of poverty and deprivation to the extent
that they begin to believe that Rs.29 a day is adequate to sustain
yourself," he said.
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