BJP to issue whip on women’s bill
March 11th, 2010 - 8:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) Faced with dissidence over the women’s bill, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday said it will issue a whip to its MPs to support the proposed legislation in the Lok Sabha.
“All the MPs will support the decision taken by the party leadership. A whip will be issued,” party leader Sushma Swaraj, who is the leader of the opposition in the lower house, told reporters.
She added that all BJP MPs will support the party’s decision to back the bill, which seeks to reserve a third of all seats in legislature for women.
Sushma Swaraj was speaking to reporters after a meeting called by BJP leader and former deputy prime minister L.K. Advani following reports that the party was divided over the women’s reservation bill.
Gorakhpur MP Yogi Adityanath openly declared that quotas for women were “needless” and he would oppose it in the Lok Sabha.
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