Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday addressed the Lok Sabha during a debate on the Women's Reservation Bill, following a more appealing tone as he urged the Opposition not to give a political flavour to the three bills.
Centring his intervention around the larger interests of the women, devoid of sharp political attacks, the prime minister asked the Opposition to take full credit for making the women's quota a reality by extending their support.
He said, "I give you a blank cheque for claiming credit on the passage of the women's quota bill".
In an appeal, he called for the entire House to vote unanimously for the bill. "Let us pass the amendments to the women's reservation law unanimously," he said in the Lok Sabha.
However, he also cautioned the Opposition for going against the bills, saying they should be mindful, as those who had opposed this in the past had suffered badly in elections.
"Since women's reservation came into discussion, those who opposed this in the past were not forgiven by the women of the country, and they ended up badly in the elections that followed," PM Modi said.
The prime minister also tried to allay fears on delimitation as the Opposition parties like DMK have started hitting the streets against the proposed legislation, calling it biased against the southern states.
PM Modi assured that no injustice will be done to any state, 'from east to west and north to south.'
The 131st Constitution Amendment Bill to tweak the women's quota law was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Thursday after a division of votes.
Moreover, two ordinary bills, the Delimitation Bill and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, to implement the proposed amended women's quota law in the Union territories of Delhi, Puducherry and Jammu and Kashmir, were also introduced in the House.
The numbers are stacked in favour of the ruling NDA, making it a cakewalk for the BJP to get the legislation passed in both Houses of the Parliament.