Govt asks Cong to join hands for passage of bills on women reservation, triple talaq, nikah halala

NEW DELHI: Seeking to the corner Congress on the issue of women empowerment, the Government today urged the main opposition party to provide women with a “new deal” by joining hands to pass the bills on women’s reservation, instant triple talaq and nikah halala in Parliament.

             Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today wrote to Congress president Rahul Gandhi suggesting that the party and the BJP join hands to get the three bills, as well as the measure on providing constitutional status to the National Commission on Backward classes, passed in Parliament.

             He was responding to a letter by Gandhi to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to bring the bill on granting 33 per cent reservation to women in Lok Sabha and state assemblies.

             Prasad wrote to Gandhi as his Ministry deals with the issue of reservation in legislatures and personal laws.

             The Winter session of Parliament begins tomorrow. (AGENCIES)

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