PM Modi gives credit to women for passage of women's reservation bill in Parliament

Varanasi (UP), Sep 23 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday gave credit to the women of the country for the passage of the women's reservation bill in Parliament and said the power of their leadership has been proved in every period in history.

Modi said this while addressing an all-women public meeting in his parliamentary constituency Varanasi, where the women showered flower petals on him for the Parliament's nod to the "Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam".

Talking about the recent approval to the Constitution (128th Amendment) Bill, referred to as the "Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam", by Parliament, the prime minister said, "Women's leadership may be a modern system for the rest of the world, but we are the people who worship Mother Parvati and Ganga before Mahadev." Hitting out at opposition parties, especially the Congress, he said, "This law has been named Nari Shakti Vandan Act, although some people have a problem with the word vandan (worship). Now, what will they do if they do not worship mothers." While discussing the bill in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, Congress MP Ranjeet Ranjan objected to its name and said equality is a constitutional right of women and it is not appropriate to link it with divine or worship.