Summary:
However, the success of women’s reservation in the three-tier Panchayati Raj institutions is widely admitted across the country. The Women Reservation Bill, in discussion over the last two decades, proposes to amend the Constitution to reserve 33% of all seats for women in the Lok Sabha and all legislative assemblies. “To bridge the gender gap in political decision-making the Women’s reservation bill can become a very strong catalyzing tool. Studies reveal the issue of women’s reservation was raised in the Assembly but it did not garner much support due to various reasons. A ray of hope was visible for the passage of the Women Reservation Bill too,” she adds..