Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 11:59am on 20 Sep 2023,Wednesday India
During a fiery parliamentary debate on the women's reservation bill, women MPs including Sonia Gandhi, Kanimozhi and Supriya Sule slammed the government for disrespecting women, while Smriti Irani declared the government had empowered women. Gandhi advocated quotas for OBC women within the larger women's quota. Kanimozhi demanded women be allowed to walk as equals, not just worshipped. Sule called out a BJP leader for telling her to "go home, cook food". The bill proposes 33% reservation for women in the legislature. The passionate debate highlighted concerns about women's representation.
