Special Session of Parliament: Both Houses adjourned sine die after historic passage of 'Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam'
women's reservation Bill in Parliament, both the Houses were adjourned sine die on Thursday.
The proceedings of the Special Session of Parliament, which began on Monday, came to a close a day ahead of schedule.
The day after it cleared the legislative hurdle in the Lok Sabha by a brute majority, the draft legislation, which provides 33 per cent reservation for women in the Parliament as well as other law-making bodies, was passed unanimously in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, with 214 members voting in support and none against.
The Lower House took up the Bill for discussion and passage on Wednesday and eventually cleared it, with a whopping 454 members voting in favour of the legislation and 2 against.
Earlier, on Thursday, Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal gave a brief reply to the day-long debate on the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Eighth Amendment) Bill, 2023 in the Upper House, saying it will be implemented after following due process.
Ahead of the voting, PM Modi urged the Rajya Sabha members to pass the Bill unanimously, saying that it would provide countrymen with a new belief and confidence going forward.
«All members and political parties have played a significant role in empowering women and enhancing 'Nari Shakti'. Let us give the country a strong message,» he said.
PM Modi said there had been deliberations on the Women's Reservation Bill in the two Houses for the past two days and over 132 members took part in the meaningful discussion which will be helpful in taking the country forward.
The amendments moved by Opposition members were negatived and individual clauses of the Bill were also voted on.
Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar announced that the Bill had been passed.
