New Delhi: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee today defended her party's decision to abstain from voting on the Women's Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha but said she was in favour of the Constitutional amendment.
"Our party is committed to the Bill. We will do it," she told reporters outside Parliament.
But at the same time, she was critical of the “communication gap" before the Bill was put to vote in Rajya Sabha yesterday.
"In Rajya Sabha we have two members. We were not informed... there was communication gap," she said.
She said during the meeting of allies with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, it was decided to call for an all party meeting (on the Bill) where her party could also raise the
issue of including minorities in women's reservation.
"But no (all party) meeting was called later. We had no information," Mamata said.
When pointed that Left was taking all the credit for the successful passage of the Bill in the Upper House, she said Left never wanted quota for women in the Rajya Sabha as it was against letting common women enter the Upper House.
Bureau Report
First Published: Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 13:22