New Delhi: Two days after the passage of
the Women's Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha, Congress
President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday hosted a dinner for party MPs,
Ministers along with their spouses.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Finance Minister Pranab
Mukherjee, Home Minister P Chidambaram, External Affairs
Minister S M Krishna and Law Minister Verrappa Moily, who
moved the bill in the Rajya Sabha attended the dinner.
Rahul Gandhi was also present at the dinner as also
several AICC office bearers.
The dinner, held at 10 Janpath, the official residence
of Congress President, was special this time as spouses were
also invited for the get-together in keeping with the spirit
of the landmark legislation that provides 33 per cent
reservation to women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies.
PTI
First Published: Friday, March 12, 2010, 00:13