Srinagar : The Government of India is set to introduce a bill in the Parliament on Tuesday to grant 33 percent reservation for women in the Legislative Assembly of Jammu & Kashmir Union Territory.
According to the News Agency Current News of India (CNI) that the bill is being brought as “The Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Eighth Amendment) Bill-2023, cleared by the Parliament in the special session convened in September this year for granting reservation for women in Lok Sabha and state assemblies, was not applicable to Jammu & Kashmir and Union Territory.
Women leaders from J&K like NC Women’s Wing President Shamima Firdous and Former minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader, Syed Asiya Naqash have welcomed the move.(CNI) Current News of India