TMC to seek reservation of one-third of seats in Lok Sabha, assemblies for women
TMC lawmaker Derek O’Brien on Monday plans to move a motion in Rajya Sabha for it under Rule 168, which allows members to raise issues of public interest
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) lawmaker Derek O’Brien on Monday plans to move a motion in Rajya Sabha seeking the passage of a bill to reserve one-third of seats in Lok Sabha and state assemblies for women.
Mamata Banerjee, the TMC chairperson, is India’s lone woman chief minister. O’Brien will move the motion under Rule 168, which allows members to raise issues of public interest. The Lok Sabha has 15% women lawmakers while Rajya Sabha has 12.2%.
In Lok Sabha, Union home minister Amit Shah is scheduled to move the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill for consideration and passage. The bill seeks to repeal the Identification of Prisoners Act, 1920. It proposes to allow police to collect finger impressions, palm prints, footprint impressions, photographs, iris and retina scans, biological samples, their analysis, behavioural attributes, etc.
In Rajya Sabha, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman is scheduled to move a bill to amend the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949, the Cost and Works Accountant Act, 1959, and the Company Secretaries Act, 1980. Lok Sabha has passed the amendments.
Union minister Arjun Munda will move the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950, in the Upper House to amend it for inclusion of certain communities on the list of Scheduled Tribes in Tripura.