RJD chief Lalu Prasad and SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, who had threatened to move a no-confidence motion against the government, have now declared that they would not do so as they lack numbers.

Rajya Sabha created history yesterday when it passed the historic bill granting 33 percent reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies. It has now to be passed by Lok Sabha and half of 28 state assemblies in the country before it goes for the president's nod and notified.

The Women's Reservation Bill, pushed by the government despite the threat of withdrawal of support by Samajwadi Party and RJD, was passed by a two-third majority, a day after it was moved in the House for consideration but could not be taken up because of unruly scenes.

Of the votes polled, 186 were in favour of the bill and only one was against.

The Constitution (108th Amendment) Bill could get through with "unequivocal" support from the BJP and the Left in the upper house where the ruling UPA coalition is in minority. The 245-member House has an effective strength of 233.

UPA ally Trinamool Congress, with two members in the upper house, did not participate in the voting.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Leader of Opposition Arun Jaitley described the measure as "momentous and historic".

BSP, having 12 members, walked out of the house saying the bill did not contain amendments suggested by it.

There were several other interesting development through the day.

Trinamool Congress ministers and members of Rajya Sabha walked out saying they would abstain from voting. "We are unhappy with the way the government is trying to bulldoze the bill through. We support the bill but there has to be a democratic discussion on the bill," said TMC leader Sudip Bandhopadhyay outside the parliament.

Dinesh Trivedi of TMC said that the party wanted a quota for the minority also. Very recently, the Left government had introduced a 10% quota for Muslims in government jobs.

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), an UPA ally, was also reportedly unhappy with the bill in its current form. But however, DMK MP Kanimozhi extened her party's support to the Bill during the debate in Rajya Sabha. "We stand in support of the bill. Of course, questions about inclusion of other group need to be addressed and we hope these will be addressed in the due course of time," she said.

Earlier, Rajya Sabha chairman Hamid Ansari sprung a surprise and put the Women's Reservation Bill on voice vote without debate. But the threat of the voice vote being drowned out by the ruckus that ensued led to the motion being dropped.

Seven members of Rajya Sabha belonging to SP, RJD, LJP and an unattached MP were suspended on Tuesday for remaining part of the budget session for their unruly behaviour in the house yesterday over the Women's Reservation Bill.

The suspended members are Subhash Yadav (RJD), Sabir Ali (LJP), Veerpal Singh Yadav, Nand Kishore Yadav, Amir Alam Khan and Kamal Akhtar (all SP), and Ejaz Ali(Unattached).

The motion for their suspension was moved by Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Prithviraj Chavan and was passed by a voice vote.

The action was taken under Rule 256 of the House, for showing total "disregard for dignity of council and authority of the chair" by obstructing the business of the House.

Yesterday, these members had indulged in unprecedented unruly scenes and even tried to attack Chairman Hamid Ansari when the Womens' Reservation Bill was moved by the government.