'Sonia advancing an 'alibi' for not doing anything for women':Jaitle

New Delhi, Oct 30 (UNI) Disagreeing with Congress President Sonia Gandhi's claims that the UPA allies have to be 'convinced' on the need to speed up Womens' Reservation Bill, the BJP today said that she was only tendering an 'advance alibi' for doing nothing in the coming Parliament Session.

''By coming out with such a statement in Maharashtra, Mrs Gandhi is only saying in so many words that nothing is will be forthcoming for women in the Parliament,'' BJP General Secretary Arun Jaitley told mediapersons here.

"Everyone knows that the Congress has nothing but lip sympathy for women ", he remarked. Ms Gandhi in her address at Chakoor in Maharashtra had stated that there was a need to convince people like Lalu Prasad. Dayanidhi Maran and A Ramadoss and some leaders within Congress for accepting reservation for women.

About the move to bring anti-sealing law under the 9th Schedule of the Constitution barring the judiciary from passing orders, BJP sources said that there was a need for both the Judiciary, Executive and Parliament/Legislatures to exhibit 'statesmanship' for maintaining a dignified institutional relationship among the pillars of democracy. ''The Ninth Schedule was brought in by then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru basically to help the governments to carry out agrarian reforms but the provision was misused to bring several anti-emergency laws, '' they said, adding it was the responsibility of all to ensure that the balance of power is maintained for ensuring an ideal functioning of democratic system".

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