"BJP does not need to do drama on Women's Reservation Bill": Rajasthan Minister Khachariyawas

"BJP does not need to do drama in the name of women's reservation. If the intentions of BJP and Central Government were right then this bill could have been brought earlier," Khachariyawas said in Jaipur while talking to reporters.

"If the intentions of BJP and central government were right" then Women's Reservation Bill could have been brought earlier, Congress leader and Rajasthan Minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas said on Thursday. "BJP does not need to do drama in the name of women's reservation. If the intentions of BJP and Central Government were right then this bill could have been brought earlier," Khachariyawas said in Jaipur while talking to reporters.

Women's Reservation Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday with near unanimity with 454 members voting in favour and only two members opposing it. The Bill provides one-third reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and the State Assemblies. The Bill provides one-third reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and the State Assemblies.

Khachariyawas also exuded confidence in Congress government coming to power again in Rajasthan in the upcoming assembly election on the "strength" of public welfare schemes being implemented by the Ashok Gehlot government. The Minister also claimed that BJP's Parivartan Yatras were met with lukewarm public response. (ANI)

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