New Delhi, March 8 2010: The government, stating that it did not want to "bulldoze" those opposing the Women's Reservation Bill and that they (the ones opposing) should understand that equality is a fundamental right, today expressed confidence over passage of the Bill in the Parliament.

Law Minister M Veerappa Moily exclaimed, "I would say that it is a national resolve (to give 33 per cent reservation to women in Lok Sabha and State Assemblies). In all these 14 years, it has been waiting. A change has to come and this is the day the change will come."

On being asked if the government would insist on the removal of members opposed to the Bill from the House, Moily said this was a hypothetical question.

The Bill will be taken up in Rajya Sabha today.