Row VI, Lok Sabha

March 18, 2015 15:04

All eyes in the Lok Sabha are on the sixth row of the treasury benches. That's the row reserved for women MPs. Around 20 women MPs occupy these benches during the hour-long Question Hour which begins at 11 am.

Parliament, which is well-known as a repository of sexist MPs, has been buzzing with male MPs wanting to change their seat all because the women have been found to be talking while the house is in session.

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