NEW DELHI: In a historic move, the Rajya Sabha on Thursday unanimously passed the Women’s reservation Bill after an 11-hour debate.

The Bill was passed by the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, Now 33% reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and in the state assemblies will become a law and will be implemented after census and delimitation, a point that the Opposition questioned. In the Lok Sabha, only two MPs from the AIMIM opposed the Bill. There was no abstention in the Rajya Sabha during the voting for the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam Bill.

This is the first Bill to have been passed in the new Parliament building. After the bill was cleared by the Upper House, Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar congratulated the members and said it is a historic achievement.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the passage of the historic women reservation bill in the Lok Sabha, and said that it was a “golden moment in India’s parliamentary journey.”

Earlier, speaking on the Bill, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the government convened the special session to give a good start to the new building of Parliament by pushing one of the best Bills -- the women’s reservation Bill.