AGARTALA, Sep 19 (TIWN): Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar in his double standard speech on women's right created confusion after he preached for starting 33 % reservation for the women at the Parliament. CM was delivering speech at the High Court on the occasion of family welfare committee’s inauguration and mentioned, “Awareness should be spread about rights of women and from the childhood boy children should be taught to respect women. That doesn’t mean we have to show sympathy for women. They have equal rights”. However, immediately after saying that women have equal rights Chief Minister demanded women should have 33 % reservations at the Parliament.

The Women's Reservation Bill or The Constitution (108th Amendment) Bill, 2008, is a lapsed bill in the Parliament of India which proposed to amend the Constitution of India to reserve 33% of all seats in the Lower house of Parliament of India, the Lok Sabha, and in all state legislative assemblies for women. 

The seats were proposed to be reserved in rotation and would have been determined by draw of lots in such a way that a seat would be reserved only once in three consecutive general elections.The Rajya Sabha passed the bill on 9 March 2010. However, the Lok Sabha never voted on the bill.The bill lapsed after the dissolution of the 15th Lok Sabha in 2014.

The Chief Minister further accused the Central Govt for increasing crime against women. CM was addressing at a High Court had conducted a programme with the formation of 'Family Welfare Committee in Tripura' at the direction of Supreme Court.

Recently, in the Rajesh Sharma v. State of UP case, the Supreme Court has directed that each complaint of cruelty to a woman by her husband or his relatives, that does not involve tangible physical injuries or death, shall be referred to the Family Welfare Committee of the district.

However, debates were going on among the orators from Chief Justice T Vaiphei to Justice Subashish Talapatra, CM Manik Sarkar to Governor Tathagata Roy about the good and bad sides of the new law led light attacks of views and criticism among the intellectuals. 

When Tripura police's role in curving domestic violence has remained with poor records, justice Subashish Talapatra made a point, "I personally believe that SC's move is excellent that will lessen the harassment of the husbands. Arrest is not the solution  to the case, but proper investigation is needed. I would like to tell my media friends, especially who are in electronic media not to pressure upon police to arrest the accused immediately. Do you know how much pressure the police official has to take for this ? If the accused is not found with proper reason to be arrested then the police has to face a lot before the court".

Chief Minister Manik Sarkar in the middle blamed all the Central Govt's since 70 years of independence for crime against women.

At the end Tripura Governor Tathgata Roy said, "The pressure has to be created due to the delay of justice, loose investigation leading a mass suffering since 70 years of independence".

"Due to the delay of judicial proceeding the question of arrest comes", said Tathagata Roy.

Tripura HC Chief Justice T Vaiphei  also mentioned, "498's modification doesn't mean police role has been relaxed".