Government on Friday suffered an embarrassment in the Lok Sabha after two of its allies, Samata Party and Janata Dal (U) strongly protested against its move to bring forward Women's Reservation Bill next week in the house for consideration.
The two allies strongly protested soon after Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pramod Mahajan read out next week's business saying that the Constitution Amendment Bill seeking to provide 33 per cent seat reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies be kept away till a consensus was reached on it.

Reacting to the minister's announcement, Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav warned that if the government wanted to pass the bill forcibly in its present form, his party would go all out to stall it.
“As long as there is no (no) consensus on the legislation, it cannot be passed. It must provide for sub quota for those belonging to minorities and other backward classes,” Singh said.
Supporting the Samajwadi Party, Samata Party member Raghunath Jha wanted to know from the government whether it had arrived at a consensus on the bill.
“His party colleague Prabhunath Singh said that he did not understand why the government wanted to create problem in the House by introducing contentious issues. It was known that the house would plunge into crisis if the bill was moved without a consensus,” he said. Bureau Report