The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance Government is confident that Parliament will make history on Monday with the Rajya Sabha passing the Women's Reservation Bill.
The Government seems to have the numbers in the Rajya Sabha to get the Bill passed on the Women's Day even though it faces opposition from regional parties like Lalu Prasad's Rashtriya Janata Dal and the Mulayam Singh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party.
Major Opposition parties like the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Left Front have pledged their support to the Bill while many smaller parties, too, are likely to vote in its favour.
First tabled in Parliament in 1996, the Women's Reservation Bill has been one of the most controversial in India's parliamentary history and hanging fire for the last 14 years due to a lack of political consensus.
Source : http://ibnlive.in.com/news/rajya-sabha-set-to-create-history-pass-womens-bill/111208-37.html
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