The number of female candidates contesting Lok Sabha elections in India has increased steadily over the past 15 years, rising from 7% in 2009 to 9.6% in 2024, according to an analysis by the Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR). In 2024, 797 women are contesting, representing 9.6% of the total 8,337 candidates, an increase from 9% in 2019, 8% in 2014, and 7% in 2009.
NCP leader Jitendra Awhad apologized for tearing posters denouncing the Manusmriti, which also featured Dr B R Ambedkar. The incident led to demands for his arrest and planned protests by the BJP. Awhad was participating in a protest against potential inclusion of Manusmriti verses in the school curriculum.
NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) leader Jitendra Awhad apologised today for tearing posters denouncing the Manusmriti that also had a picture of Dr BR Ambedkar.
The Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Tuesday launched a scathing attack at the Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP), saying that a "political party is not a private property but a system in a democracy duly registered with the .