Union Cabinet clears Women’s Reservation Bill: Sources

New Delhi [India], September 18 (ANI): Union Cabinet on Monday cleared the Women's Reservation Bill, sources said on Monday.
The meeting of the Union Cabinet was held at Parliament House Annexe in Delhi.
In this regard, Congress General Secretary in charge Communications took to X (former Twitter and said, "The Congress party has been demanding the implementation of women's reservation for a long time. We welcome the Union Cabinet decision reportedly coming forward and look forward to the details of the Bill."
"This could have been thoroughly discussed in the all-party meeting before the special session and a consensus could have been reached instead of behind-the-scenes politics," he further added.
Meanwhile, Union Minister Prahlad Singh Patel congratulated the Government over this in a social media post, however, the post was later deleted.
"Only the Modi government had the moral courage to fulfil the demand for women's reservation. Which was proved by the approval of the cabinet. Congratulations PM Narendra Modi and congratulations to the PM Modi government," the deleted post read.
Recently many parties were demanding that the Women's Reservation Bill be passed in the special session of Parliament. (ANI)