Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday termed the proposed amendments to Women’s Reservation Act as one of “the greatest decisions of the 21st century.” This comes ahead of the three-day Parliament session, scheduled to begin on Thursday, to fast-track the law’s implementation by the 2029 Lok Sabha polls. He also reached out to the Opposition parties to support the move. 

Addressing the ‘Nari Shakti Vandan Sammelan’ in the national capital’s Vigyan Bhavan, the PM acknowledged the “efforts from all parties and generations” in the almost four-decade-long discussions over reserving Lok Sabha and Assembly seats for women. 

The Prime Ministrer (PM) said the issue will not remain “a subject of this party or that party, who won, who lost, who did it, no one, all the credit is to the mothers’ power of the country, all the credit is to the Parliament of the country, all the credit is to all the political parties of India, all the credit is to all those who have been continuously working for the past three-four decades.”

“Our country’s Parliament is close to creating a new history – a new history that will realise the visions of the past; that will fulfil the resolutions of the future. A resolve for an India that is egalitarian, where social justice is not merely a slogan, but a natural part of our work culture, our decision-making process,” he said.