Lucknow: The Bahujan Samaj Party on Sunday said it would not support the Women’s Reservation Bill if required amendments were not made in the proposed legislation before it was tabled in Parliament.
“Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has written a letter to Prime Minister pointing out that the BSP was not against reservation to women, but the bill requires some necessary amendments,” senior party leader Satish Chandra Mishra told reporters here.
He said the BSP favoured a separate quota for the SC/ST women within the 33 percent reservation proposed in the bill.
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–PTI