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Prime Minister Narendra Modi got showered in appreciation during the 'Nari Shakti Vandan-Abhinandan Karyakram',  in view of the success of women's reservation bill in parliament. The event has been held at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi, Friday (PTI)

Honourable Prime Minister of India Mr. Narendra Modi congratulated all women for the success of the Bill.  All the women started chanting and cheering ‘Modi hai to mumkin (With Modi, it is possible)’ Modi corrected them: “All this was done not by Modi but by you; by crores of people of the country......The vote that you gave us helped us to complete important unfinished business. When there is a government with a full majority, the country takes big decisions’.

He indirectly accused certain parties like the Rashtriya Janata Dal and the Samajwadi party while he avoided to quote their names   and stated “Those who used to tear up Bills had to support this Bill because of the emergence of women’s power in the country. I trusted your power, and your power made this happen.”

He also gave a note of thanks to the leaders of the party that made the passing of this bill possible and said “There were many hurdles. But when one’s intent is good, results do come. The absolute support the Bill got in Parliament is a record. I thank all political parties and also all MPs for this. Today the country is removing all hurdles coming in the way of mothers and sisters”.

The PM also reminded and enlisted all those government schemes which were made with the aim of  women empowerment. This includes Beti Bachao Beti Padhao to check the skew in sex ratio, providing tap water connections, Ujjawala to offer clean cooking gas, building toilets,  extending the period of paid maternity leave so that women can continue to work after childbirth, Allowing enrollment of women in Army and Sainik Schools, opening bank accounts for women under Jan Dhan Yojana,  joint ownership in PM Awas Yojana houses,  and much more.

Prime Minister further noted “Every woman’s self-confidence is touching the sky today. Mothers and daughters are very happy today. We are lucky to have had the good fortune of being able to steer this legislation to passage. ……….This was our commitment and we fulfilled it.”

PM also linked this drastic step with the step taken for the empowerment of Muslim woman and explained, “Socially, instant triple talaq was stopped. Our Muslim sisters got protection from instant triple talaq,”