After all, it’s about women’s reservation.

Congress president, Sonia Gandhi has written a small letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi reminding him about Women’s reservation Bill law passed on March 9, 2010, and urging him to pass the women’s reservation bill passed in the Lok Sabha taking advantage of the BJP’s majority in the House.
Sonia Gandhi also asked for support from Modi Government for the legislation of her party, which she said would be a “significant” step forward in the empowerment of women.

The Rajya Sabha had passed the bill on March 9, 2010.

“I am writing to request you to take advantage of your majority in the Lok Sabha to now get the women’s reservation bill passed in the Lower House as well,” Gandhi said in the letter, dated September 20.

She also recalled that the Congress and its late leader Rajiv Gandhi had first mooted the provision for quota for women in panchayats and municipal bodies through Constitutional amendment bills.

She said the bills were “thwarted” by the opposition in 1989, but were passed by both the Houses of Parliament in 1993.

The proposal has the potential to become one of the most empowering laws for women in India, activists say. Gender equality in Parliament would empower women in general, they say. A stronger women’s voice at the top would have a trickle-down effect, leading to the development of policies and laws that would help women at the grassroots level fight abuse, discrimination, and inequalities reported by NDTV.

See the entire letter here: