Only 7 women figure in BRS list for Assembly elections
Source: Deccan Chronicle
Hyderabad: Only seven women figured in the list of 115 BRS candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections that was released by party president and Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao here on Monday.
At a time, when MLC Kalvakuntla Kavitha held a dharna in Delhi and participated in a round table meeting with political parties and women organisations in Delhi recently demanded the Centre to pass the women's reservations bill that provides 33% quota for women in Parliament and Legislative Assemblies, Kavitha’s own party, the ruling BRS, gave tickets to just eight women. This has drawn sharp criticism from various quarters.
Click here to read the full article published by Deccan Chronicle on 22 August 2023.
Hyderabad: Only seven women figured in the list of 115 BRS candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections that was released by party president and Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao here on Monday.
At a time, when MLC Kalvakuntla Kavitha held a dharna in Delhi and participated in a round table meeting with political parties and women organisations in Delhi recently demanded the Centre to pass the women's reservations bill that provides 33% quota for women in Parliament and Legislative Assemblies, Kavitha’s own party, the ruling BRS, gave tickets to just eight women. This has drawn sharp criticism from various quarters.
Click here to read the full article published by Deccan Chronicle on 22 August 2023.