Chhattisgarh CM Sai Moves Resolution In Assembly On Women’s Quota

Chhattisgarh chief minister Vishnu Deo Sai on Thursday moved a resolution in the House seeking 33 percent reservation for women in the parliament and state Assemblies after completion of delimitation process. 

A one-day special session of the state Assembly was convened on Thursday to discuss the issue of women empowerment and reservation for them in the legislative bodies in the wake of the defeat of the women’s quota bill in the Lok Sabha recently.

A marathon debate on the issue was going on in the House till the last reports came. Congress Legislature Party



(CLP) leader Charan Das Mahant sought to move a private resolution seeking immediate implementation of 33 percent reservation for women, as per the bill passed in the parliament in 2023. 

Speaker Dr Raman Singh however rejected his plea to place the private resolution. Several treasury bench members, while participating in the debate, demanded a 33 percent quota for women in the parliament and state Assemblies after completion of the delimitation process, while the Opposition Congress members sought implementation of one third quota for women in the legislative bodies after the ongoing census.