By Online Desk
NEW DELHI: Raising concerns about the lone woman in the 31-member Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports, Maharashtra MP Priyanka Chaturvedi wrote a letter to Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu on Monday.
The parliamentary panel headed by BJP’s Rajya Sabha MP Vinay Sahastrabuddhe, to which the Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill seeks to raise the legal age of marriage for women from 18 to 21 has been referred to, will start its deliberations soon.
The 31-member Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports has lone woman Rajya Sabha from All India Trinamool Congress (AITMC) Sushmita Dev.
“I am writing this letter to you as a concerned Member of Parliament. In the winter session of the parliament, a crucial bill impacting the lives of women across the country was introduced- The Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill. This bill seeks to raise the legal age of marriage from 18 to 21 for women. After being introduced in the Lok Sabha it was sent to the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports. However, the committee has only one female Member of Parliament as a Member,” Chaturvedi said in the letter, tweeting a picture of it.
A 31 Member Parliamentary Standing Committee of which 30 are male MPs will decide the fate of women to decide if marriage age should be raised to 21. I have written to @VPSecretariat to kindly ensure a more woman inclusive panel to deliberate on a decision impacting India’s women pic.twitter.com/Rs4e8sHx1E
— Priyanka Chaturvedi
