The Congress has expressed confidence that the Women's Reservation Bill will be passed soon. Briefing Media persons in New Delhi today, party spokesperson Mrs Jayanti Natrajan gave the credit for this development to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and all UPA allies. She said the step would go a long way in empowering women in the country.<br/><br/>Mrs Natrajan also expressed despair over behaviour of expelled SP, RJD and LJP members protesting against the Bill. Calling the act a murder of democracy, she strongly condemned the attack on the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha and Vice President Mohd Hamid Ansari.<br/><br/> UPA ally Trinamool Congress today said that Congress had not taken the party in confidence before bringing the Women's Reservation Bill for voting in the Rajya Sabha.<br/><br/>Talking to reporters outside Parliament, TMC leader Dinesh Trivedi supported reservation for backward classes and minorities in the Bill. He however said that the party is in favour of the Bill. Mr Trivedi condemned the ousting of some agitating members by Marshals, while criticizing their unruly behaviour in the House.<br/><br/>The CPIM today said that it is ready to support the Women's Reservation Bill with or without debate in the Rajya Sabha. Briefing Media persons in New Delhi, party leader Sitaram Yechury said that the CPIM's consistent stand on the issue is that the Bill must be adopted.<br/><br/>The major Opposition BJP has demanded voting on the Bill to be taken up only after a debate saying it will be against Parliamentary traditions to pass a constitutional amendment without discussion. Extending his support to this stand, Mr Yechury said that as debate is not possible in the present circumstances and the party is ready to support the Bill even without discussion.<br/><br/>Earlier, party leader Basudeb Acharia blamed the Congress party for not being sincere about the Bill. He criticized the ruling party for seeking an impossible consensus on the Bill.