The support for the women's bill, however, seemed to be completely party-based with many women MPs asserting that they would go by their respective party diktat.
Riti Pathak, a Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Sidhi in Madhya Pradesh, feels though issues related to women might get more prominence, the women's reservation bill was a different issue as women MPs would generally toe the party line.
"This is an entirely new house. There will be many things which will be different. We have to wait and see on the women's bill. But I am hopeful things will be better," she said.
