PM expresses gratitude to LS members for passage of Women’s Bill

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his heartfelt gratitude to all the Lok Sabha members on Thursday for their wholehearted support for the passage of the women’s reservation Bill.

At the beginning of the proceedings of the House, the prime minister said the passage on Wednesday of the “Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam”, which will provide 33 per cent reservation to women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies, was a golden moment in India’s parliamentary journey.

The Bill will energise the country’s women power and they will be able to take more responsibility, he said.

‘In this pious work, all of you -- all members, all parties and leaders of the parties -- have supported. I want to express heartfelt gratitude to all of you and congratulate you,’ Modi said.

Earlier, Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal introduced the Constitution amendment Bill which seeks to reserve 33 per cent seats in the Lok Sabha and state Assemblies for women in the Lower House of Parliament on Wednesday.

According to the Bill, it will come into effect after the delimitation of Lok Sabha constituencies which will be carried out after the completion of the next population census.