Govt says no plan to bring women's quota bill this session

"There is no talk of Women's Reservation Bill. There is no proposal.... I have not received any notice from the concerned ministry," Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal told reporters here.

He was reacting to reports claiming that the government was contemplating bringing the women's bill to break the opposition unity over demand for a joint parliamentary committee on the 2G spectrum scam.

The bill, seeking to provide 33 per cent reservation to women in Lok Sabha and state assemblies, has been passed in the Rajya Sabha with the Congress, BJP and the Left joining hands despite stiff opposition from SP, RJD and JD(U).

Other ministers to dismissed the reports contending that the Constitution amendment bill needed a two-third majority for its passage and wondered how it could be brought at a time when the Lok Sabha has been paralysed for the last 16 days."What is the point in introducing it when it cannot be passed," said a minister.The current session of Parliament is scheduled to conclude on December 13 and Bansal said there was no proposal as of now to adjourn it early