Anti-Bill troika seeks to rope in more parties
Special Correspondent
NEW DELHI: Even as the Rashtriya Janata Dal, the Samajwadi Party and the Janata Dal(United) chalked out a joint strategy to block the Women's Reservation Bill in the Lok Sabha, the Shiv Sena too joined the bandwagon.
Sena leader Anant Geete attacked the manner in which seven Rajya Sabha members were suspended and marshalled out.
He pointed out that the support extended to the Bill was conditional and now the party would oppose it in the Lok Sabha.
RJD vice-president Raghuvansh Prasad told journalists here on Wednesday that the objective was to rope in as many parties and individuals as possible so as to ensure that those supporting the Bill fell short of the two-third majority in the Lok Sabha as and when it was put to vote. He anticipated the support of about 80 members, including the BSP.
The RJD, JD(U) and SP make it a point to underscore that some BJP members had also shouted slogans that they would not commit suicide by favouring the Bill but would rather go down as martyrs opposing it.
Date: 6/5/2010
Courtesy: http://www.hindu.com/2010/03/11/stories/2010031164041200.htm