Women's reservation bill most transformative revolution in our times for gender justice: President Murmu

New Delhi: A day after the government introduced a bill to provide 33 per cent reservation to women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies, President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday said it will be the most "transformative revolution in our times" for gender justice.

Murmu was addressing a gathering after



inaugurating the biennial conference of the national human rights institutions (NHRIs) of Asia Pacific held at the Vigyan Bhawan here.

The women's reservation bill was the first bill to be introduced in the new Parliament building on Tuesday.