Bill will go to panel which has no woman member

The Women’s Reservation Bill will now be referred to a Parliamentary Standing Committee...

• New Delhi | May 7, 2008 12:00 AM IST
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The Women’s Reservation Bill will now be referred to a Parliamentary Standing Committee which does not have a single woman as its member. The Standing Committee on Law and Justice, chaired by Congress MP E M Sudarsana Natchiappan, has 16 MPs from Lok Sabha and 8 from Rajya Sabha but not a single woman MP despite seven vacant seats.

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