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 Congress strives for
consensus on women's bill
The Samajwadi Party (SP) and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)
said Sunday they will convey their strong opposition to the women's
reservation bill at Monday's all-party meeting called by Finance
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New Delhi:
An amendment bill to provide 50 per cent reservation to women in
Panchayats in Jharkhand and to bring the present law in conformity
with the Constitution was introduced in the Lok Sabha yesterday. Since
the state is under President's rule, Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister C P Joshi introduced the Jharkhand Panchayat
Raj (Amendment) Bill, 2010.
The amendment bill was required for aligning the provisions of the
Jharkhand Panchayat Raj Act, 2001 with the constitutional provisions
and also for providing not less than 50 per cent reservation of
seats and offices of chairpersons in the Panchayats in favour of
women, the bill read. The bill will replace an Ordinance issued by
the Jharkhand Governor in April this year to amend the Act.
The Ordinance was issued as the state Assembly was not in session.
But later, President's rule was imposed on the state, making it
necessary to table the bill in Parliament.
Elections to panchayats in Jharkhand could not be held so far due to
various reasons, including pendency of certain litigations. The
Jharkhand High Court had recently declared as unconstitutional
certain clauses of the Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas)
Act, 1996 and those of the Jharkhand Panchayat Raj Act, 2001
relating to reservation policy.
Following protracted legal battle which also included appeals in the
Supreme Court, the Centre decided to amend certain provisions of the
Jharkhand Panchayat Raj Act, 2001 to bring it in conformity with
certain provisions of the Constitution.
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