Siddhartha Kumar
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:11:09 -0800
http://www.ptinews.com/news/552265_Lalu-firm-on-opposing-Women-s-Reservation-Bill
Lalu firm on opposing Women's Reservation Bill STAFF WRITER 16:49 HRS IST Patna, Mar 7 (PTI) Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) will oppose the Women's Reservation Bill "tooth and nail and are even prepared to be marshalled out," its president Lalu Prasad said today. Dubbing the bill as a "political blunder", Prasad alleged that it was a conspiracy hatched by both BJP and Congress parties to suppress representation of women belonging to the OBC, ST/SC and Muslim communities. The Centre does not have guts to implement the Ranganath Mishra Commission and Sachar panel reports, and hence passing of the Women's Reservation Bill was merely a "diversionary tactic", he told reporters here before leaving for New Delhi to garner support against the bill in its present form. "I am for 50 per cent reservation for women belonging to all communities... But you cannot ignore the the interests of women from deprived sections of the society.