Parliament Special Session News Live: Sonia Gandhi will begin discussion from Congress party on women's reservation bill, said Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury. The Congress was never serious about providing reservation to women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies, the BJP alleged on Tuesday after the government introduced a bill in this regard in the Lower House of Parliament.The government introduced a constitutional amendment bill to reserve one-third of seats in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies for women, reviving the concept of women's reservation pending for 27 years for want of consensus among parties.Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the introduction of the bill in the Lok Sabha shows the "unwavering commitment" of the Narendra Modi government to empower women."Sadly, the opposition is unable to digest this. And, what is more shameful is that except tokenism, the Congress has never been serious about women's reservation," he posted on X."Either they let legislations lapse or their friendly parties prevented the (women's reservation) bill from being tabled. Their double standards will never be hidden, whatever stunts they try to take credit," Shah said.Making it the first bill to be introduced in the new Parliament building, the government said it will enable greater participation of women in policy-making at the state and national levels and help achieve the goal of making India a developed country by 2047.The bill is named Narishakti Vandan Adhiniyam.On X, Shah said that "across the length and breadth of India, people are rejoicing the introduction of the Narishakti Vandan Adhiniyam in Parliament"."It shows the unwavering commitment of the Modi government to empower women," he said.In another post, Shah said this decision of the Modi government to give rights to "Nari Shakti" of the country will become the main pillar of building a developed and prosperous India in the times to come."Be it policy or leadership, India's women power has proved that they are no less than anyone in any field. The Modi government believes that building a strong and self-reliant India is not possible without the support and strength of women power," he said.BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla alleged that the Congress was "never" serious about empowerment of women.