What happened
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to explain why the Women’s Reservation Act passed in 2023 has not been implemented.
Sanjay Raut linked the demand to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Independence Day speech and urged the government to implement 33% reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies, along with an explanation for the delay after the Act’s passage in Parliament.
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