Women's Reservation Bill: Rahul Gandhi says I was shocked and shattered...

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ALSO READ: 'Remove all obstacles...implement immediately': Sonia Gandhi on Women's Reservation Bill Apart from this, Gandhi alleged that the moment the opposition raised the caste census, the BJP tried to create new distractions. Speaking on the new parliament building, Rahul said, "The President is a woman, from a tribal community, would've been befitting to have her visible in transfer to the new Parliament building." He added, "This is a nice, tasteful building but would have liked to see the President in this process." Earlier, the new Parliament reverberated with explosive speeches from women MPs on Wednesday when ex-Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, DMK MP Kanimozhi, and the NCP's Supriya Sule slammed the government for failing to respect women.

Speaking on behalf of the government, Union minister Smriti Irani took a swipe at Sonia gandhi for pointing out the UPA government had tabled the bill in 2010. She said, "They say success has many fathers and failure none...