Women's bill may hit another roadblock
The railway minister has made a move that is aimed at not only reassuring his unhappy party MPs but also making the pro-bill sections within the ruling establishment read a grim message.
By TNN |
NEW DELHI: Days after Lalu Prasad Yadav faced allegations from his own party colleagues that he had ���compromised the RJD���s OBC sub-quota��� stand by allowing the UPA government to introduce the women���s reservation bill in the Rajya Sabha in its original form, the railway minister has made a move that is aimed at not only reassuring his unhappy party MPs but also making the pro-bill sections within the ruling establishment read a grim message.
Mr Yadav has nominated his party���s chief whip in the Lok Sabha, Devendra Prasad Yadav, one of the most vocal RJD campaigners against the proposed Bill, to the parliamentary standing committee that is set to process the bill in the run up to the monsoon session of parliament. Mr Devendra Yadav���s sudden nomination is being seen as a clear signal of the RJD leadership���s determination to put up a stiff resistance against the standing committee���s bid to find a consensus on the bill.
On his part, the railway minister���s attempt to accommodate the most rabid voice against the bill from within the RJD was all the more evident in the fact that he got Mr Devendra Yadav nominated to the standing committee by withdrawing his party���s original nominee, Sadhu Yadav, his brother in-law.
In fact, Mr Devendra Yadav held a press conference to attack the bill just a day after it was introduced by the government in RS. Even though the railway minister was party to the unanimous cabinet decision to introduce the bill, RJD chief whip made it a point to blame the government for pushing the bill through by not even circulating the copy of the bill to the MPs in advance.
The RJD chief���s move to replace Sadhu Yadav in the panel with Mr Devendra Yadav comes within days after the RS chairman referred the bill for processing to the standing committee by asking it to complete the exercise within three days. Chairman of the committee, Sudarsan Natchiappan has already fixed the first meeting of the committee for May 27.
Mr Yadav has nominated his party���s chief whip in the Lok Sabha, Devendra Prasad Yadav, one of the most vocal RJD campaigners against the proposed Bill, to the parliamentary standing committee that is set to process the bill in the run up to the monsoon session of parliament. Mr Devendra Yadav���s sudden nomination is being seen as a clear signal of the RJD leadership���s determination to put up a stiff resistance against the standing committee���s bid to find a consensus on the bill.
On his part, the railway minister���s attempt to accommodate the most rabid voice against the bill from within the RJD was all the more evident in the fact that he got Mr Devendra Yadav nominated to the standing committee by withdrawing his party���s original nominee, Sadhu Yadav, his brother in-law.
In fact, Mr Devendra Yadav held a press conference to attack the bill just a day after it was introduced by the government in RS. Even though the railway minister was party to the unanimous cabinet decision to introduce the bill, RJD chief whip made it a point to blame the government for pushing the bill through by not even circulating the copy of the bill to the MPs in advance.
The RJD chief���s move to replace Sadhu Yadav in the panel with Mr Devendra Yadav comes within days after the RS chairman referred the bill for processing to the standing committee by asking it to complete the exercise within three days. Chairman of the committee, Sudarsan Natchiappan has already fixed the first meeting of the committee for May 27.
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