Five killed in UP road accident
Lucknow, June 22: Five persons, including three women, returning from a religious congregation, were killed in an accident in Uttar Pradesh's Gonda district on Friday when a tanker rammed head on into their car, police said.
The accident took place near Anbhula on the Gonda-Faizabad highway when they were returning from the religious congregation at Haveliya Ashram, renowned by followers of Kabir, in Chandapur, police said.
The collision was so severe that the car was turned into a mangled heap of steel and the bodies had to be pulled out of by cutting the doors, station officer Vinod Kumar told IANS. The tanker driver meanwhile fled the area, he added.
While four persons were killed on the spot, one women, critically injured, was taken to a nearby community health centre where she succumbed, the officer said.
The deceased have been identified as Rakesh Pandey, 38, who was the driver, Susheela, 70, Rajaram Dubey, 40, Yashoda, 50, and Malti Devi (45). The bodies have been sent for post-mortem and families have been informed, said police.
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Time has come to implement Women's Reservation Act: PM Modi's letter to LS, RS floor leaders
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New Delhi (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that the time has come for the implementation of the Women's Reservation Act in its true spirit and the 2029 Lok Sabha elections and Assembly elections are conducted with the quota for women in place.
In a letter to the floor leaders of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, ahead of the three-day special sittings of Parliament, Modi also asked all members to come together in one voice to pass the amendments to the women's reservation law, officially known as Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam.
"After extensive deliberations, we have reached the conclusion that the time has now come to implement the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam in its true spirit across the country.
"It is imperative that the 2029 Lok Sabha elections and Assembly elections are conducted with women's reservation in place," the Prime Minister said in his letter dated April 11.
The Budget Session of Parliament has been extended, and a special three-day sitting of the House has been convened on April 16 to 18.
The Women's Reservation Act will ensure an increase in the number of Lok Sabha seats to 816, of which 273 will be reserved for women.
The provision to provide 33 per cent reservation to women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies was brought by amending the Constitution in 2023.
However, the women's quota would have come into effect only after the completion of the delimitation exercise on the basis of the 2027 Census. This meant the reservation would not have become enforceable before 2034 if the present law remains as is.
To implement it from the 2029 Lok Sabha elections, changes were needed in the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam; hence, the government is holding a special session to pass the amendments to the law.
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