Chennai, July 02: In a novel way of expressing support
for the Women's Reservation Bill pending in Parliament, Tamil
Nadu Assembly on Thursday had an all women-debate.
Designated women MLAs alone were allowed to speak on the
discussion for grants for Social Welfare and Nutritious Meal
Programme, headed by a woman minister, Geetha Jeevan.
Speaker R Avudaiappan said through out the country there
was a demand from various quarters for the implementation of
Women's Reservation Bill.
"As a forerunner, only women representatives from various
parties would speak in the House on the demand today", he
said.
Sankari Narayanan and Rani (DMK), Bader Saeed and Selvi
Ramajayam (AIADMK), Rani Venkatesan and Dr.Gayathiri Devi
(both Congress ), Sakthi Kamalambal (PMK), Padmavathi (CPI)
and R Leemarose from CPI-M spoke about their parties'
demands.
Bureau Report
First Published: Thursday, July 02, 2009, 22:01