Jammu & Kashmir

GoI to introduce JK women reservation bill in Lok Sabha today

Parliament. [File Photo]

Srinagar: The Government of India is set to introduce a bill in the Parliament on Tuesday to grant 33 percent reservation for women in the Legislative Assembly of Jammu & Kashmir Union Territory.

As per news agency Kashmir News Observer, the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill-2023 is being introduce today in the Lok Sabha for granting 33 percent reservation for women in JK UT Assembly.

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 Union Territory.

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