Attempting to set the agenda for the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament, Congress president Rahul Gandhi has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying Women’s Reservation Bill be taken up on a priority for passage.

Extending his party’s “unconditional support” to the bill pending before the Lok Sabha, Rahul in his letter to PM re-iterated his party’s support to the bill.

“What better way to demonstrate your commitment to the cause of women, than by offering support to the Women’s Reservation Bill,” Rahul wrote to PM.

The Women’s Reservation Bill proposes to reserve one-third of the total seats in state Assemblies and parliament for women and was passed by the Rajya Sabha during the UPA rule.

The bill has been pending with the lower house. Its passage would require a special two thirds majority since it seeks to amend the Constitution.

As the bill was introduced and passed in the Rajya Sabha, it has survived the expiry of the last Lok Sabha by dint of it being initiated in the permanent house of parliament.