It is the demand of the Indian National Congress that the bill be immediately implemented… Provision should be made for the reservation of SC, ST, OBC women after conducting a caste census,” Sonia Gandhi said.
She was speaking in the parliament on 33 percent reservation for women.
The government, Gandhi told the House, should take the required steps for this.
DMK leader M. Kanimozhi said the clause pertaining to ‘after delimitation’ in the bill should be removed as there could be an inordinate delay in the implementation of the reservation for women.
The 33 per cent reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies, as proposed in the bill, will come into effect only after census and the delimitation exercise.
“How long should we wait to see this bill implemented? It can be easily implemented in the coming Parliamentary elections.
This bill, you should understand, is not a reservation but an act of removing bias and injustice,” she said.
