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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.
deprived sections of the society.
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