March 8, 2010 2:09 PM

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RJD and SP withdraw support from UPA over Women Reservation Bill

RJD and SP today announced that they will withdraw outside support to the Congress led UPA government at the Centre in protest of the Women's Reservation Bill. An angry RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and Samajwadi Party President Mulayam Singh Yadav told this to reporters outside Parliament after it was adjourned for the second time on Women Reservation Bill and Rangnath Misra Commission report. SP Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav demanded 20 per cent quota for the minorities and backward class in the Bill. RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav clarified that the party is not against reservation for women. Both RJD and SP are demanding sub quota for backward classes and minorities in the Bill. Samajwadi Party has 11 members in the Rajya Sabha while the RJD has 4 members. In the Lok Sabha, Samajwadi party has 22 members while the RJD has 4. Both had given out side support to the UPA government. The BJP today accused the government of not preparing any road map for the passage of the Bill. Party spokesman S S Ahulwalia said that the party is not in favour of passing the Constitutional Amendment bill without discussion.

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