Women's Reservation Bill Fails to Pass in Lok Sabha, Sparking Debate on Nepotism and Empowerment

ExtensionAdd as a preferredsource on google The Constitution Amendment Bill on women's reservation introduced in the Lok Sabha could not be passed. During the voting, 298 votes were cast in favour of the bill, while 230 MPs voted against it. Of the total 528 members present in the house, the bill needed a two-thirds majority i.e. 352 votes to pass, which the government could not achieve. This was discussed in Khabar Ke Khiladi this week. Senior journalists Vinod Agnihotri, Purnima Tripathi, Rakesh Shukla, Anurag Verma and Gunja Kapoor were present for the discussion. Trending Videos Editor-in-Chief Gunja Kapoor: After the bill was not passed, I can say that if this bill was passed, then there was an opportunity to institutionalise nepotism. If you really want to empower, then give 33 per cent of the existing 543 seats to women. Perhaps this three-day session was only for 2024 narrative building. If it is true, then Purnima Tripathi and senior journalists were present for the discussion.