India, April 14 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi has written a letter addressed to women across the country, underlining the importance of the legislation that seeks to reserve 33% seats for them in legislative bodies. He wrote that women across India are appreciating the initiatives to ensure the quota.

"In the next two days, on the 16th, Parliament will reconvene to discuss and hopefully pass an important constitutional amendment relating to the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam and I am seeing there is immense enthusiasm towards this. Women from all over the nation are expressing their joy on getting a stronger opportunity to contribute towards building of Viksit Bharat [developed India]," he wrote.

On Monday, Modi addressed a seminar on t...