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Haryana Assembly passes bill to reserve 50 pc seats for women in Panchayat polls

Chandigarh, Nov 6 (UNI) Today (Friday) was a historic day for the women of Haryana. A new chapter was written in the Haryana Vidhan Sabha on Friday which will be remembered for many centuries.
A proposal to amend the Haryana Panchayati Raj Act was brought to the Assembly, which was passed by the honorable members. Now, women will have 50 percent share in the panchayat elections in Haryana. Seats will be reserved for women and men on the basis of even-odd numbers. The village where a woman sarpanch will be elected, in the next scheme, the village will have a male sarpanch. On passing this bill, Deputy Chief Minister, Dushyant Chautala congratulated the women of the state and said that this Bill will infuse confidence and empower women in the state.
Giving information about the Bill, Deputy Chief Minister said that this rule will be applicable in future elections to Panchayati Raj Institutions i.e. Zilla Parishad, Block Panchayat Samiti and Gram Panchayats. He informed that each village would be given codes based on even-odd numbers. For the first time, sarpanch will be a woman in even-numbered villages and next time, woman sarpanch will elected in odd number village. In this manner, five out of every ten years, every village of Haryana will have a woman sarpanch. This rule will also be applicable on reserved posts and posts will be reserved on the basis of even-odd numbers in them also. Not only this, the same process will be maintained in respect of Panchayats of Gram Panchayat and 50 percent of Panchayat posts will be for women.
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