Summary:
The Odisha Assembly on Wednesday unanimously passed a “historic” resolution seeking 33 per cent reservation for women in the legislative assemblies and Parliament. The resolution was passed ahead of the Winter Session of Parliament, which begins on December 11. Congress chief whip Taraprasad Bahinipati said it was a political strategy of the ruling BJD to move such a resolution ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. The resolution, moved by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, was passed by a voice vote after a debate in the House on Tuesday night. The members of the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD), Opposition Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supported the resolution..