Srinagar : The Government of India is bringing a bill in the upcoming winter session of the Parliament to reserve 33 percent seats for women in the Legislative Assembly of J&K.
The Centre is mulling to come up with “The Jammu & Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill-2023” to grant reservation for women in the J&K Legislative Assembly.
The bill is likely to come up for introduction, consideration and passage in the winter session of the parliament commencing from December 04, as per tentative list of government business sent to the Lok Sabha secretariat.
The bill is being brought as “The Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Eighth Amendment) Bill-2023, cleared by the Parliament in the special session convened in September this year for granting reservation for women in Lok Sabha and state assemblies, was not applicable to Jammu & Kashmir and Puducherry Union Territories.
