Itanagar, April 19 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Arunachal Pradesh unit, on Sunday launched a strong attack on opposition parties over the failure of the 33 per cent Women's Reservation Bill to pass in Parliament, alleging that it was blocked due to lack of support from the Congress and its alliance partners.
Addressing a press conference at the party's state headquarters here, Women & Child Development Minister Dasanglu Pul, along with Itanagar Mayor Likha Nari Tadar, BJP Mahila Morcha State President Nabam Yahi Tad, and BJP's State Vice President Taying Shakuntala, said the developments in Parliament on April 16 and 17 marked a "missed historic opportunity" to ensure greater participation of women in policy-making.
She alleged th...