
Sharad Pawar’s NCP has not yet opened its cards regarding the Constitution Amendment Bill related to women’s reservation and delimitation in the monsoon session of Parliament. On Wednesday, NCP (Sharad Pawar) working president Supriya Sule held a press conference in Mumbai and said that
If the condition of increasing 50 percent seats is implemented, we will consider supporting.
Sule said that on delimitation, the government should officially propose to increase the seats by 50 percent. If INDIA alliance agrees, we are ready to discuss it. My only point is that first the condition of increasing 50 percent seats should be brought in writing, only then we will discuss it. At present no such written proposal is before us. Let us tell you that Union Home Minister Amit Shah had said in the Lok Sabha that he is in favor of increasing the seats by 50 percent, but this was not included in the bill.
The new bill has not reached us yet – Supriya
Supriya Sule said that the new bill has not yet reached us, so how can I talk about it without seeing it? Once the bill is presented, I can study it within 24 hours and give my stand. However, it seems that you are ignoring the history of this case. The working president of NCP (Sharad Pawar) further said that the truth of this bill is that when one thing was being demanded, the Women’s Reservation Bill was passed in the Parliament of India by one vote. This is the reality of this country, hence the Women’s Reservation Bill should be passed unanimously. In this country we all have passed it by one vote.
Supriya Sule said that before coming here, I discussed in detail with Congress President, Sanjay Raut Saheb and Bunty Patil Dada. Misunderstandings often arise. Who is in Nagpur? Who is where? A reporter comes with a mike. The poor fellow has received instructions from his head office, so he only asks what he has been told to ask. I think there was a slight misunderstanding. That’s why I called this PC so that I can answer your questions and clarify the firm stand of the party.
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