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Only 4 women candidates figure in BJP and Cong lists
The New Indian Express
|April 16, 2024
DESPITE the rhetoric surrounding women's empowerment and the advocacy for a 33 percent reservation for women, political parties in Gujarat display reluctance in nominating female candidates for electoral positions.
Both the BJP and Congress, as major parties in the state, are guilty of this reluctance. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP secured six women MPs out of 26 seats in Gujarat.
However, in the current 2024 elections, the BJP has fielded only four women candidates. Similarly, the Congress party has also nominated just four women candidates for the Lok Sabha elections this time.
It's worth noting that Gujarat has approximately 2.39 crore women voters, constituting around 50 per cent of the total registered voters.
Cette histoire est tirée de l'édition April 16, 2024 de The New Indian Express.
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