No pressure from allies on women’s quota bill: Congress
March 17th, 2010 - 8:20 pm ICT by IANSNew Delhi, March 17 (IANS) Ruling out quota within quota in the bill providing 33 percent reservation for women in all legislatures, the Congress party Wednesday said there was “no pressure” on it from its allies and the government seeks to pass the bill in its present form in the Lok Sabha.
“We believe that all our allies will support us. We are absolutely confident that our allies will remain with us. We wish to pass the bill in the present form,” said Congress spokesperson Jayanthi Natarajan here.
In response to a quesion, she denied any opposition to passing the bill in its present form by allies Trinamool Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).
“There is no pressure upon us (from the allies),” Natarajan said, adding that all differences within the alliance would be settled through discussions.
The bill was passed in the Rajya Sabha last week amidst strong protests by the Samajwadi Party, the Rashtriya Janata Dal and a section of the Janata Dal-United.
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