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, THURSDAY, JANUARY 18,2001 'Govt lacks political will to pass Women's Bill' If the Bill is not passed, all parties can at least adopt the same within their parties: T P Issar EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE not have any meaning," he need for a debate on women's consensus on the women's res- womens'reservation on caste ent of curbing election expen-said. reservation on caste basis ervation issue, whereas priva- basis, BJP leader Suresh ses so that many women could Bangalore, J a n 17: While lea- Questioning the intentions right now as this had the pote- tisation and globalisation of Kumar supported the idea of participate in elections and ders from various political of the ruling National Democr- ntial to create undesirable Indian economy were introd- 'common minimum understa- also win. parties have arrived at a cons- atic Alliance (NDA) at the complications. uced without a consensus nding programme'. He said Former Chief Secretary T P ensus on passing the Women's Centre to pass the Bill in Parli- . He fears that if the debate meet that winning elections was a Issar spoke about the advanta-Reservation Bill in Parliam- ament, Shanappa • . "I cannot under- great hurdle for not only worn- ges of women governance by ent, there is a difference of opt said the Governm- K Prakash criticised the Central stand the logic be- en but also taintless male can- giving instances of popular po-nion on giving reservation to ent lacked political Government's decision to hold consensus h in(* the cringing didates. litieaf personalities like Ind-women on the basis of castes will to do the same. . mmon'c rocomntinn Iccuo • f o r consensus. JD(S) leader Basavaraj Bom- ira Gandhi, Aruna Asaf Ali, and sub-castes. He said it is unf- on m e women S reservation issue, Tjjg Government mai lamented that more than Rani Laxmi Bai, Geeta Mukhe-Speaking at the one-day ortunate that the de- whereas privatisation and globalisation Of can always pass inter-political wrangling there rji and others, multi-party consultation on fa- bate over the propo- Indian economy were introduced Without t n e BU1- W ^ d o e s w a s intra-political pressure He said that women were cilitating women's participat- sed Bill was sideli- a consensus meet ** w a n t a c o n s e n " on the issue. If the Governm- generally good politicians and ion in governance, organised ned during the Pari- " consensus meet. s u § ? ^ g writing e n t failed to pass the Bill, all had even managed the coun-by the National Institute of Ad- iament session and - '•'• ' ' . ' . ' • is very clear on parties can at least adopt the try's affairs efficiently, vanced Studies (NIAS) here on the same was taken up for dis- continues, "many groups and the wall - They simply do not same within their parties, he Vimala (CPM), B T Lalitha Wednesday, JD-U leader K B cussions only at the end of the communities will be prompted want the Bill to be passed," said. • Naik (JDS), Vimala Gowda Shanappa said his party was session. to demand reservation accord- opined Prakash. Without socio-economic ind- (BJP), , Vijaylakhsmi Ram not averse to the introduction CPM leader K Prakash said ingly".. He, emphasised the The real^ empowerment of ependence, women's empower- Bhat (JD-U), Sumitra (CPI), M of the proposed Bill. However, political parties should prese- need to implement the Geeta women would be meaningless ment would not have any mea- A Gafoor (Cong), Jayatheer-the Bill should include women ntly aim at passing the Bill at Mukherji Report without any unless land reforms and alter- ning, said Bommai. tha (CPI), NIAS director Rod-candidates representing vari- the earliest. changes. native electoral system are hit- Kannada and Culture Minis- dam Narasimha and Gender ous castes and sub-castes. "Un- Stating that India is a plural He criticised the Central reduced. ter Rani Satish emphasised Studies Unit fellow Shahtha less this is done, the Bill will society, he said there "was no Government's decision to hold While opposing the idea of the need for stricter enforcem- Mohan atended. CITY 

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