March 10, 2010 4:51 PM

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Lok Sabha adjourned for the day over Women's Reservation Bill

The Women's reservation issue rocked the Lok Sabha on the third day on Wednesday. After repeated adjournments on the passage of the bill in the Rajya Sabha and demand for revocation of suspension of seven members from the house, the house was adjourned for the day. As the house met in the morning, members belonging to Samajwadi Party, RJD and JDU trooped into the well of the house opposing the passage of the Constitutional amendment bill providing for 33 per cent of reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies. The situation was no different when the house met at noon and in the afternoon at 2 PM. Mr. Mulayam Singh Yadav of Samajwadi Party, Mr. Lalu Prasad of the RJD and Mr. Sharad Yadav of JDU led their members to protest. They also shouted slogans against the use of marshals for physically lifting out seven of their members from the Upper House.

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