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Posted on: May 08, '08


 Women's Reservation - quota within quota

Twelve years after being drafted, the % Women's Reservation Bill, that promises 33% reservation to women in legislatures was introduced in Rajya Sabha. Not surprising that there was enough drama while it was being introduced.

UPA ally RJD is opposed to the bill and may even pull out its support if the UPA doesn't reserve a quota for dalit women and minorities. Samajwadi Party has a similar demand. If minorities are not included, they will keep opposing it. So, reservation is not enough... there has to be reservation in reservation! Abu Azmi went to the extent trying to tear the bill apart! RJD has been a little better, though. At least on Sonia Gandhi's request they relented to not oppose it at the introduction level.

From drafting to introduction it took 12 years, who knows how long it will take for the implementation. Anyway most parties seem to have just made up their mind to oppose it no matter what!



Tags: politics, women, rjd, upa, congress





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akhileshpushpa said:
quota means to cut throat a eligible candidate.

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May 23, '08


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NEVIN2008 said:
i think, political issues apart, seen from the legal perspective, there is great merit for opposing women's reservation,but as in every case, there is no room for sane voices to be heard.....
our constitution abhors discrimination on the basis of sex alone, but what it does permit is reservation for women and children as a special measure.... as for instance giving them privileged access to education and other social welfare measures to ameliorate the status of women. As with any other reservation regime, these must be tested on the touchstone of existing handicap or a policy of enhacing representation of women for achieving a particular purpose....
Reservation can be best enforced by resorting to preference to women candidates over men.... other things being equal.
The consequences of gender based wholesale reservations are yet to be seen..... and possibly may be far serious than we can envisage today.Gender based reservations too would be antimeritarian

May 22, '08


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IN_MY_BOX said:
I dont see there is a need to make this into law, Why should there be a % for anyone, Why cant each party decide to have more woman in there side,
If congress in the next election was to have lets say 500 men and 500 woman stand for election the public could decide them self,
But as we all know, there is a better chance if there was a woman drug deler or killer she would win, why not, there being so many such men mp,s

May 22, '08


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dhrubvaranasi said:
Reservation in its principle itself is not to support any group or any category but is to be used by different political parties in their favour for vote bank plitics. Otherwise what is needed to give enough support morally & financially irrespective of cast- creed & religions & the necessary security & infrastructure to be provided to each citizen, the question of reservation for any ctaegories would not arise. Every individual is thinking in its own interest other wise no one should have raised voices to cover OBC belonging to even elight classes to be covered under reservation. RJD thinks that women in the socalled forward community would grab the more position that would change the composition of the assembly. So the cast based politics adopted by the political parties may not gain momentum again

May 20, '08


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whirlwind2000 said:
But it is not the real thing !! After so much hue and cry it has just been introduced > Do u think it will ever get the green flag from the parliament ?Another example of double standards and hypocrisy ! We say something but when the time comes for the implementation it takes 12 looong years just to introduce the bill !My earnest wishes for the women to get the bill passed !!

May 16, '08


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notjustart said:
It's happened after so much ho ha but I am happy it's actually happening! Good blog Nova.

May 16, '08


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manegautam said:
nice post

May 08, '08


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sriangood said:
Politicians of all hues support the idea in public but will try to block it in parliament.

An example of being politically correct in speech and not by behaviour.

May 08, '08

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