Govt unlikely to bring women’s bill in LS this session

The Women's Reservation Bill is unlikely to be brought in Lok Sabha this session,which concludes on May 7.

With political consensus missing and the government facing hard times on some fronts,the Women’s Reservation Bill is unlikely to be brought in the Lok Sabha this session,which concludes on May 7.

“Are we short of problems that we add one more to it,” said a senior Congress leader and Union Minister when asked whether the government was going ahead with the bill in the Lok Sabha in this session.

He said there were no plans to bring the bill in the remaining part of this session,underlining the fact that the government’s priority was to get the financial business passed and desist from any fresh controversy.

The government had so far been saying that the bill would be introduced in the Lok Sabha this session.

The RJD’s key face and Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Tejashwi Yadav, party supremo Lalu Yadav’s son, will again contest from his stronghold Raghopur.

Amid Mahagathbandhan crisis, RJD unveils list of 143, drops 36 MLAs, focuses on ‘M-Y’

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The RJD, lead player of the Mahagathbandhan, released its full list of 143 candidates for the November Bihar Assembly elections. Its key face Tejashwi Yadav will contest from Raghopur, and 41 sitting MLAs have been renominated. The party has dropped 36 sitting MLAs and fielded young leaders, signaling a bid to consolidate its core Muslim-Yadav vote base. The Congress has fielded 60 candidates.

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