Sonia Gandhi’s letter to PM Modi: It was the Congress and Rajiv Gandhi that first mooted the provision for women’s reservation in governance. The Rajya Sabha had, in 2010, passed the Women’s Reservation bill, which was then sent back to the Lok Sabha. I am writing to request you to take advantage of your majority in the Lok Sabha to now get the Women’s Reservation Bill passed in the Lower House as well. “Before the Lok Sabha elections, the Prime Minister had promised the passage of the Women’s Reservation Bill. The Women’s Reservation Bill or the Constitution (108th Amendment) Bill, 2008, had sought to reserve one-third of all seats in the Lok Sabha and legislative assemblies for women.

Source: Indian Express September 21, 2017 08:13 UTC