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BRS Leader Urges Centre to Build Consensus on Women's Reservation Bill

BRS leader Ravula Sridhar Reddy has called on the central government to carefully examine all aspects and build a national consensus before implementing the Women's Reservation Bill. He welcomed the bill but stressed that seat distribution must be proportional across all states to ensure fairness. Reddy warned that a population-based delimitation of Lok Sabha seats could be unjust to Southern and smaller states, weakening the country. He emphasized that national interest must be placed above party politics as Parliament prepares to discuss the bill's implementation.

Key Points: BRS on Women's Reservation Bill: Centre Must Build Consensus

  • Calls for national consensus on bill
  • Warns against unfair delimitation
  • Urges proportional seat distribution
  • Says implementation is already delayed
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"Centre definitely has to look into all the aspects...": BRS leader Ravula Sridhar Reddy on Women's Reservation Bill

BRS leader Ravula Sridhar Reddy calls for national consensus and fair implementation of the Women's Reservation Bill, addressing delimitation concerns.

"The Centre definitely has to look into all the aspects and suggestions that come from various stakeholders - Ravula Sridhar Reddy"

Hyderabad, April 14

Bharat Rashtra Samithi leader Ravula Sridhar Reddy on Monday said that the Centre must look into all the aspects and suggestions that come from various stakeholders before the implementation of the Women Reservation Bill to ensure fairness in all the States.

Speaking to ANI, he welcomed the Bill, saying that if the seats are proportionally distributed, the implementation of the Bill will not create any problems.

"The Centre's proposal to increase the seats by 50 per cent in all the States, I don't think there is anything wrong with it. If the seats are increased proportionally in all the States, I don't see any greater harm happening. However, since the decision is in the early stage, the Centre definitely has to look into all the aspects and suggestions that come from various stakeholders, build a national consensus and do it. But, there is already a delay in the implementation, and delimitation is long overdue. I think the Central government and the cabinet will take the decision to implement the Bill as soon as possible," he said.

He said that it is clear to every citizen that women's reservations (which everybody supports), and delimitation of Lok Sabha seats (on which there are many concerns), are different. For example, if the women's quota is implemented immediately for state-wise Assembly seats, the entire country will welcome it.

Furthermore, he said that the BJP might not get a lot of benefits in the long run by attempting to push a population-based national delimitation of the Lok Sabha. However, if it is unjust to the Southern and smaller states, it will weaken our country in the long run.

National interest must be above any party interest. In the larger and long-term view, consider models other than simple pro-rata for Lok Sabha delimitation, he said.

He underlined that a national consensus must be built, starting with an all-party view, instead of pushing this significant policy in an unfair way.

Meanwhile, the Parliament is set to meet from April 16 to 18 in a special sitting of the budget session to discuss amendments to Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, 2023 and a proposed Delimitation Bill to implement the one-third reservation for women legislators.

- ANI

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Rohit P
Good points by Reddy. Women's reservation is long overdue, everyone agrees on that. But linking it to delimitation is a political game. Implement the women's quota first, separately. Let's not mix apples and oranges.
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Sarah B
As someone living in India for work, I find this fascinating. The need for more women in politics is universal. But the federal structure here makes it complex. Hope they find a fair solution that doesn't disincentivize states that have done well on development metrics.
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Arjun K
Absolutely correct. "National interest must be above any party interest." This should be the motto for all such major changes. A rushed, unfair delimitation will create north-south rift. Build consensus, take time, but do it right.
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Meera T
As a woman, I want this bill implemented yesterday! But I also agree we need to be careful. A simple population-based formula will be unfair. Why not consider a mix of population, area, and tax contribution? Let's get more women into the house, but let's also keep the house strong. 💪
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Karthik V
Respectfully, while the sentiment is good, this feels like more delay tactics. The bill was passed. Now implement it. The delimitation debate can happen separately. Every day of delay is another day without women's representation. Action, not just talk, please.
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