Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the passage of the Women's Reservation Bill, as he addressed BJP workers at the party headquarters in New Delhi. PM Modi was greeted by the workers of BJP's women's wing, who were seen garlanding and blessing him.
Tamil Nadu MP Kanimozhi on Wednesday attacked the government over the "veil of secrecy (that) shrouded" the drafting and tabling of the women's reservation bill.
The new Parliament reverberated with explosive speeches from women MPs - including ex-Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, DMK MP Kanimozhi, NCP's Supriya Sule and Union Minister Smriti Irani - during a debate on the women's reservation bill.