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Sushma Swaraj should resign from the party post (in BJP) if she continues to create an unnecessary Gender Divide and misguide the masses...What has happened to this Lady? 
Ms.Brinda Karat, the cantankerous women should not think that Politics is her father's property. What has she done for men and women in all her years, except criticising everyone??!!

Has Govt put Women's Bill on backburner after dissent in BJP?

A well known and widely respected BJP MP from Gorakhpur Yogi Adityanath, openly voiced opposition to the legislation. Mr.Adityanath said that the women's reservation bill was needless. "It is needless. We are against any reservation. Everybody should come to (parliament) on his/her ability," he said, adding that the BJP leadership had fallen into a trap of the Congress-led government. "There are other more important issues to be discussed. People are suffering from price rise, there is Maoist insurgency, there is terrorism, and our country is facing grave internal and external security threats. The government wants to deflect attention of the public and MPs from these issues," he said.
Asked if he would vote for the bill when it was brought to the Lok Sabha, Adityanath's reply was a categoric "NO".
"Not even if there is a whip from the party. There is something called internal democracy in the party." Asked if more MPs in the BJP shared his view, Adityanath said: "The viewpoint is growing and many MPs have understood it."

New Delhi: The women's reservation bill appears to have been put on on the backburner for the time being after dissent stared at the face of BJP with some MPs threatening to defy the whip and the Yadav trio stepping up their campaign against the measure.

On a day the BJP, whose support is crucial for passage of the bill in the Lok Sabha, was grappling with the problem of unhappiness among its MPs, a Congress MP also openly expressed views similar to those being voiced by the opponents of the measure.

Trouble continued over the measure resulting in disruption of the Lok Sabha for the fourth consecutive day.

In a bid to break the standoff in the House, Leader of the House and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee met with leaders of various parties including Mulayam Singh Yadav, Lalu Prasad and Sharad Yadav, the prominent opponents, and those of allies like Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banjerjee, NCP chief Sharad Pawar and DMK leader T R Baalu.

"Some sort of assurance was sought on the progress of the Constitution Amendment Bill (Women's Bill). Before bringing it to the Lok Sabha, government will complete the process of consultations with all concerned," Mukherjee said in a statement in the Lok Sabha after the meeting.

"I think, this assurance would assuage the feelings of all members who would allow financial business in the remaining period," he said, when the House reassembled at 2 pm after two adjournments.