New Delhi, Sep 22 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi was accorded a warm welcome at the BJP headquarters here on Friday by the party's women wing, a day after Parliament passed the women's reservation bill.

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

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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.

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

The prime minister has taken numerous steps to empower women.

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