The government held an all-party meeting on Sunday evening ahead of the parliaments special session beginning on Monday. All parties including the opposition have demanded the passage of the womens reservation bill in the meeting.The Nationalist Congress Party leader and Bharatiya Janata Party-ally in Maharashtra, Praful Patel, said that the party has appealed to the government to pass the womens reservation bill in this Parliament session.We are hopeful womens reservation bill will be passed with consensus if tabled in Parliament: NCP leader and BJP ally Praful Patel— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) September 17, 2023 “Parliament will shift to the new building on the auspicious occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi on September 19,” Patel added.Ahead of the meeting, Congress party MP Pramod Tiwari said that his party will raise issues such as like price rise, unemployment, social conflict, and the Manipur situation during the all-party meeting.According to media reports, several regional parties, including the BJD and the BRS, pushed for the tabling of the womens reservation bill in Parliament in the all-party meeting on Sunday, a day ahead of the start of a five-day session.We appeal to govt to pass womens reservation bill in this Parliament session: BJP ally and NCP leader Praful Patel after all-party meeting— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) September 17, 2023 Who were present in this all party meeting The meeting was attended by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Minister Piyush Goyal, and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi who represented the government in the conference.Other attendees include Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, former prime minister and JD(S) leader HD Deve Gowda, DMKs Kanimozhi, TDPs Ram Mohan Naidu and TMCs Derek OBrien.AAPs Sanjay Singh, BJDs Sasmit Patra, BRS K Keshava Rao, YSR Congress Partys V Vijayasai Reddy, RJDs Manoj Jha and JD(U)s Anil Hegde and SPs Ram Gopal Yadav were also among those who attended the meeting.
