PM, Sonia to hold meet at 7 RCR over Women's Reservation Bill
New Delhi:Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi will hold a meet at 6.30 pm at the 7 Race Course Road in the capital. The meet to be held at PM's residence is
intended to discuss course of action on the Women Reservation Bill for Tuesday
in the parliament, said a private channel. Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee
and Defense Minister A. K. Antony are also likely to attend the meet. The all-party
meet called by Prime Minister Manomhan Singh over the Women's Reservation Bill
was postponed to Tuesday just after it was briefly held at 4.15 p.m. on Monday.
Earlier, PM had called for an all-party meeting from 4.15 p.m. in the hope of
arriving at a political consensus and avoid the Bill being put to a voice vote
later this evening. Prior to this, the Prime Minister has had meetings with Congress
stalwarts Pranab Mukherjee, Ahmed Patel and P.K.Bansal, UPA allies and with
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) party chief Lalu Prasad and Samajwadi Party (SP) chief
Mulayam Singh Yadav. The latter two have announced a withdrawal of outside
support to the government over the issue.
