Only 1 Woman MP in 31-Member Parliamentary Panel To Examine Child Marriage Bill

The Parliamentary Standing Committee set up to examine the Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill, 2021, has only one woman MP out of 31 members. The landmark bill seeks to raise the legal age of marriage from 18 to 21 and was introduced in the Lok Sabha in the Winter Session.

Trinamool Congress MP Sushmita Dev, the only woman in the committee, said that there should have been a few more women in the panel to deliberate on the issues that directly affect women.

I wish there were more women MPs in the committee but having said that we will make sure that all interest groups are heard.

Congress MP Sushmita Dev, as told to PTI