Patil, Kumar y Mayawati respaldan los proyectos de ley de cuotas de género antes de la sesión especial

Tras la circulación por parte del gobierno de tres proyectos de ley para implementar una reserva del 33% para mujeres en el Lok Sabha y las asambleas, la primera mujer presidenta de la India, Pratibha Patil, la ex presidenta del Lok Sabha, Meira Kumar, y la líder del BSP, Mayawati, han expresado su apoyo en cartas dirigidas al primer ministro Narendra Modi.

En cartas por separado al primer ministro Narendra Modi, la ex presidenta Pratibha Patil calificó los proyectos de ley como un "paso decisivo para cerrar las brechas históricas y crear una sociedad más justa y equitativa".

Meira Kumar destacó la lucha de 30 años por la cuota, que se remonta a un comité parlamentario conjunto de 1996 bajo la dirección de Geeta Mukherjee. Mayawati dio la bienvenida a la medida "a pesar de la demora", sugiriendo que las reservas separadas para mujeres de las OBC ayudarían.

El respaldo de estas veteranas líderes, incluidas las figuras del Congreso Patil y Kumar, se produce en medio de las críticas de su partido sobre la gestión gubernamental de la legislación. Los proyectos de ley, vinculados a la Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam de 2023, proponen la delimitación utilizando los datos del censo de 2011 y la expansión del Lok Sabha, temas que se debatirán en la sesión especial que comienza el 16 de abril.

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