Parliament special session: All-party meeting concludes, parties push for passage of Women's Reservation Bill

The government on Sunday convened an all-party meeting on the eve of the five-day Parliament session beginning Monday. Several ruling and opposition parties made a strong pitch for the passage of the Women's Reservation Bill during the special



session.

Several leaders appealed to the government to table the long-pending bill and hoped that it would be passed with consensus.

The bill seeks to reserve one-third of all seats for women in the Lok Sabha and state legislative assemblies.