Although the women’s reservation bill is a historical turning point, the BJP intends to cheat the women of our country in the name of the forthcoming census and the delimitation of constituencies
This year women made up 4.45% of the winning MLAs in Karnataka, the highest in 34 yrs; a study done on women quotas in local polls showed they were not able to sustain political careers.
The two-page memorandum also said that former Congress prime ministers from Rajiv Gandhi in 1989 to PV Narasimha Rao in 1992 to Manmohan Singh in 2008 tried to ensure 33 per cent reservation for women in Parliament.
The double standards of political parties who claim to have been fighting for women’s empowerment for years is exposed by their failure to voluntarily allot tickets for elections to women