Union Cabinet cleared Women's reservation bill

The women's reservation bill has been cleared by the Union Cabinet in the meeting, which was chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi this evening.  It is now certain that the will be brought in the special season of Parliament for discussion.     

The meeting was chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and was attended by Union ministers Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Piyush Goyal, Pralhad Joshi, S Jaishankar,



Nirmala Sitharaman, Dharmendra Pradhan, Nitin Gadkari and Arjun Ram Meghwal, among others.

The decision comes a day after several parties including Congress demanded the passage of the bill in the all-party meeting held on Sunday (September 17).

They demand the bill to be passed in the new Parliament building during the special session. However, the government made no official reaction to their demand.