Only 7.8% women candidates in Assam electoral battle
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Sujit Chakraborty ( IANS) |
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Sun, Apr 4 2021 16:03 IST |
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Only 7.8% women candidates in Assam electoral battle. Image Source: IANS News
Guwahati, April 4 : Only 7.8 per cent women candidates are among the total 946 contestants in fray for the 126-member Assam Assembly elections, leading to discontent among female activists and writers.
According to the state s Chief Electoral Officer Nitin Khade, of the total 946 candidates, 74 are women while, out of the overall 2,33,74,087 voters, 1,15,50,403 are females.
He said out of the 33,530 polling stations set up for the three phases (March 27, April 1, April 6) of the polls across the state, 1,351 are all women managed.
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BSF cyclists cover 4,000 km along India-B desh borders on 50th year of 1971 war
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Sujit Chakraborty ( IANS) |
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Wed, Mar 17 2021 20:33 IST |
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BSF cyclists cover 4,000-km India-B desh frontiers to remember 50th year of 1971 war. Image Source: IANS News
BSF cyclists cover 4,000-km India-B desh frontiers to remember 50th year of 1971 war. Image Source: IANS News
BSF cyclists cover 4,000-km India-B desh frontiers to remember 50th year of 1971 war. Image Source: IANS News
BSF cyclists cover 4,000-km India-B desh frontiers to remember 50th year of 1971 war. Image Source: IANS News
Aizawl, March 17 : The 70-day-long BSF s Maitri Cycle Rally to commemorate the 50th year of the 1971 Bangladesh liberation war victory covering a distance of around 4,000-km along the frontiers of five Indian states culminated in western Mizoram on Wednesday.