A large number of women, including beneficiaries of several government schemes, were present at the party office to greet him

PM Modi bowed to a group of beneficiaries, who garlanded and blessed him

BJP president J P Nadda and women Union ministers, including Nirmala Sitharaman and Smriti Irani, and other party leaders were present on the occasion

Nadda described the bill's passage as historic and credited Modi's foresight and resolve for the feat

Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted that the women's reservation bill is no ordinary legislation, but an announcement of a new India's new democratic commitment