In Pics- PM Narendra Modi receives warm welcome from BJP women workers after passage of women’s reservation bill

In Pics: PM Narendra Modi receives warm welcome from BJP women workers after passage of women’s reservation bill1/8

After the successful passage of the ‘Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam’ (Women’s Reservation Bill) in the Rajya Sabha, the BJP Mahila Morcha in the national capital gave a warm welcome to Prime Minister Narendra Modi with a jubilant atmosphere at the BJP Headquarters today. Visuals from the spot showed women dancing and celebrating the passing of the historic Women’s Reservation Bill.2/8

PM Modi flashes victory sign with women MPs after the passage of the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam (women’s reservation bill) by the Rajya Sabha in the special session of the Parliament on Thursday. (PTI Photo/Arun Sharma) 

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Prime Minister in group photograph with Union Minister Smriti Irani and women MPs. Women members from both Houses of Parliament, including PT Usha, and Union Ministers Meenakashi Lekhi and Smriti Irani, were all smiles as they presented a bouquet to Prime Minister Modi on the historic passage of the Bill in Parliament. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist Lav) 

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PM being felicitated during the ‘Nari Shakti Vandan-Abhinandan Karyakram’. Union Minister Smriti Irani and BJP National President JP Nadda are also seen. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist Lav)

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The Upper House, on Thursday, passed the bill, which provides 33 per cent reservation for women in the Lok Sabha as well as the state legislative assemblies, unanimously, with 214 members voting in support and none against. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist Lav) 

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PM Modi being greeted by women BJP workers. Following the passage of the bill in Parliament, chants of ‘Modi Modi’ were raised by women MPs as they took turns to thank Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the passage of the draft legislation. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist Lav) 

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Narendra Modi being welcomed at the Bharatiya Janata Party headquarters, where he was felicitated. Parliament has approved landmark legislation that reserves 33% of the seats in its powerful lower house and in state legislatures for women to ensure more equal representation, ending a 27-year impasse over the bill amid a lack of consensus among political parties. (AP Photo)

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Modi being felicitated a day after Parliament passed the women’s reservation bill at the BJP headquarters. Several women MPs across party lines set aside their differences to unequivocally call the passage of the Women’s Reservation Bill, aptly titled ‘Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam’, as historic. (PTI Photo/Arun Sharma)