On the back of its absolute majority in the lower House of Parliament, the NDA Government at the Centre will certainly bring in the Women’s Reservation Bill, BJP Mahila Morcha president Vijaya Rahatkar said in Goa on Monday. The Narendra Modi-led Government has been in power for only six months and should be given “some more days” to usher in the Bill, she added.
Speaking to the reporters, the BJP women’s wing leader, who is in Goa for a membership drive, said that the Bill would be passed sooner rather than later. “It will happen soon. It has been only six months since the Government has come to power. They should be given some time. Now that we have waited for so long, we can wait for some more days. We have the faith that the Government will do it,” she added.
Rahatkar also said that she had taken up with the State Government the death of a 27-year-old fashion designer Isha Mantry due to suspected drug overdose at the Electronic Dance Music (EDM) music festival.
“We are talking to the Government about it (Mantry’s death),” she said, adding that she came to know about it through the media that the death happened due to drug overdose.
Rahatkar, however, refused to answer the questions about the BJP-led State coalition Government’s continued support to the casino industry, which the party’s women’s wing among others had taken up as their main issue.