Nationalist congress Party (NCP) Chief sharad pawar on tuesday (26 September) hit back at PrimeMinister narendra Modi’s statement of taking a dig at the opposition in Jaipur, rajasthan regarding theWomen’s Reservation Bill. Former chief minister sharad pawar said, In the year 1993, we had givenreservation to women. maharashtra was the first state in the country to give reservation to women. PerhapsPM narendra modi does not know this. Actually, PM Modi had claimed on monday (September 25) thatthe opposition parties have supported the Women’s Reservation Bill under pressure from you (women).What did sharad pawar say?Former Union minister sharad pawar further said, Yesterday the prime minister of the country (NarendraModi) said that the decision on women’s reservation was taken unanimously in the Parliament. Except fortwo members of Parliament, no one opposed the Women’s Reservation Bill. Our suggestion and demand wasthat OBCs should also be given a chance during the constitutional amendment.Mentioned the armySharad Pawar said that during the then congress government, after the 73rd constitutional amendment, 33percent quota was provided for women in local bodies. When I was Defense minister, 11 percent reservationwas given to women in the Army, Navy and air Force. He said that it is unfortunate that PM Modi was notgiven proper information in this regard. For this reason he gave such statements against Congress.What did you say about Canada?The dispute continues between india and canada over the murder of Khalistan supporter Hardeep SinghNijjar. Meanwhile, sharad pawar said that being an indian citizen and a member of Parliament, I fullysupport the foreign policy of the government of India.
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