New Delhi, March 14: Notwithstanding the pause on Women’s Reservation Bill in view of the priority for financial business, the Congress appears to be firm on going ahead with its passage in the Lok Sabha after the recess in the budget session.
Congress leaders are seeking to put pressure on the opponents of the bill by even talking of snap Lok Sabha poll in case of defeat.
The leaders, who do not want to go on record, recall that the general elections in 1971, after the defeat of the privy purses bill which sought to abolish benefits to the erstwhile princes, were won by Indira Gandhi hands down.
–Agencies