Published on Mon, Mar 08, 2010 at 13:19 | Source : CNBC-TV18
Updated at Mon, Mar 08, 2010 at 22:49
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RJD, SP dump UPA Govt over women's quota bill
Rashtriya Janata Dal and Samajwadi Party on Monday warned the Congress-led United progressive Alliance to consider their views on the Women's Reservation Bill or else they would withdraw their support to the Government.
Rashtriya Janata Dal and Samajwadi Party on Monday warned the Congress-led United progressive Alliance to consider their views on the Women's Reservation Bill or else they would withdraw their support to the Government. "We gave support to keep BJP out of power. There is no question of giving the support now," said Lalu.
Both parties have been opposing the Women's Reservation Bill demanding a quota within the women's quota for other backward castes (OBC) women and Muslim women.
Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Sunday demanded that the Bill, which reserves 33 per cent seats in Parliament and in state assemblies for women, should have a "sub-quota" for Dalits, OBC and minorities.
Together the two parties have 26 MPs in the Lok Sabha with 22 members belonging to the Samajwadi Party and four from the RJD. However, Samajwadi Party has already expelled its Lok Sabha MP Jaya Prada from the party.
Even without the support of RJD and Samajwadi Party, the UPA enjoys a comfortable majority of 294 MPs in the 543-member Lok Sabha.
The Samajwadi Party has 12 MPs in the 233-member Rajya Sabha and the RJD has four MPs.
