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Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi seeks more women members in House panel to deliberate on raising marriageable age

According to the members' list of the Parliamentary standing committee, led by senior BJP leader Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, available on the Rajya Sabha website, TMC MP Sushmita Dev is the only woman among the 31 members

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Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi. File PIc

Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi. File PIc

Shiv Sena's Rajya Sabha member Priyanka Chaturvedi on Monday sought more representation of women in a Parliamentary panel that will deliberate on a bill to raise the legal age of women for marriage to 21.

In a letter to Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu, Chaturvedi said the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports has representation of just one woman MP.

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