Tuesday, March 9, 2010

The women’s bill was worth the risk, says Sonia | ummid.com

The women's bill was worth the risk, says Sonia ummid.com
“I am very happy,” Congress president Sonia Gandhi declared Tuesday after Rajya Sabha passed the Women’s Bill to reserve a third of seats in all legislatures for women, adding the “larger picture” of women’s empowerment was worth the political risk that the ruling coalition had taken.