The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in the state of Bihar has sparked a heated debate across India in recent months. Among the many concerns raised is its potential impact on women voters.
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Women Voters Breaking the Wall of Caste Politics in Bihar
Caste-based politics has long been a harsh reality in Bihar. The state has witnessed prolonged caste conflicts as well as political battles focusing on challenging the dominance of the upper-caste groups traditionally in power. For decades, political parties have used caste consolidation as the primary tool with which to achieve electoral success. As a result, both democracy and development have remained sidelined for a long period. However, a significant transformation is now taking place. The growing number of female voters in the state is weakening the grip of caste politics and infusing fresh democratic energy into the political arena.
बिहार में जातिगत राजनीति की दीवार तोड़ता महिला वोट बैंक
जाति आधारित राजनीति ने लोकतंत्र और बिहार के विकास को लंबे समय तक हाशिये पर रखा। लेकिन अब बिहार में एक बड़ा बदलाव देखा जा रहा है। महिलाएं, विशेषकर युवतियां, अपने मताधिकार को लेकर सजग और मुखर हुई हैं। उभरता हुआ महिला वोट बैंक जातीय राजनीति की जकड़न को कमज़ोर कर रहा है।
चुनावी शोर में मौन खड़ा है बूथ स्तर महिला पदाधिकारियों के संघर्ष का सवाल
बिहार के मुजफ्फरपुर जिले के काजी मुहम्मदपुर थाना क्षेत्र की शिक्षिका आशा मिंज, जिन्हें विशेष गहन पुनरीक्षण (special intensive revision) कार्य के दौरान बीएलओ (Booth level officer ) के रूप में नियुक्त किया गया था, की मौत ने महिला बीएलओ के मानसिक तनाव और अतिरिक्त कामकाज के संघर्ष बारे में कई सवाल खड़े कर दिए हैं।
Election Workers Labour for Democracy but Never Get the Spotlight
During elections, discussions about voters, election rallies, leaders and their speeches are everywhere. This is natural since elections revolve around these issues: who will voters vote for, where will the various leaders’ election rallies be held, whose rally attracted the largest crowds, who made the most populist promises? Every election is somehow intertwined with these questions. However, the voices of the officials working on the ground, including BLOs, are often drowned out by the noise.
Nitish Kumar’s electoral lesson: Ignore the woman voter at your peril
Since he first took office in 2005, Nitish Kumar has designed programmes to meet the needs of women and girls and built himself a loyal vote base.
DPRO assaults journalist in Bihar’s Nalanda, media condemns behaviour and demands action
The Bihar journalists' community strongly condemns the rude and intimidating behaviour of District Public Relations Officer (DPRO), Gupteshwar Kumar. In a recent incident, he assaulted Pramod Kumar, reporter of Dainik Bhaskar, a prominent Hindi newspaper, because he...
Jyoti Yadav wins Statesman Award for Rural Reporting
By Editors Jyoti Yadav, member of the Network of Women in Media, India, was awarded the Second Prize in The Statesman Awards for Rural Reporting 2023. She won the award for two stories published in The Print. The first story, Bihar’s Dalit women at the mercy of...
In Bihar, women prove that they have ‘winnability’
By Sumita Jaiswal Five women MPs are representing Bihar in the 18th Lok Sabha, winning 12.5% of the seats despite parties not giving women candidates their due Bihar has elected the highest number of women Members of Parliament since the state was bifurcated and...
शिवहर को पांच बार मिला महिला नेतृत्व मगर चुनाव में जाति ही महत्वपूर्ण
By सुमिता जायसवाल बिहार के शिवहर लोकसभा चुनाव में दो महिला प्रत्याशियों के बीच मुख्य मुकाबला है। पहले भी शिवहर लोकसभा क्षेत्र के मतदाताओं ने पांच बार महिला नेत्रियों को चुनकर संसद में भेजा है। मगर आज भी चुनावों में जातिगत राजनीति ही हावी रहती है। भारत में आम चुनाव-...
Sheohar votes for women—but only on the basis of caste
By Sumita Jaiswal Though two women are in the fray and women leaders have been elected from the Sheohar Lok Sabha seat five times in the past, it is caste that is still pivotal in elections The country has crossed the halfway mark in the 2024 Lok Sabha election, with...
NWMI National Meeting: Patna Chalo!
By Editors The Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI) will hold its 17th National Meeting on the theme “Media, Gender and Social Justice: Towards an Equitable Society” from 27 to 29 January, 2023 at the Aryabhatta Knowledge University, Patna, Bihar. Organised by the...
Towards a gender-equal world: strengthening media discourse and media leadership in Bihar
By Sumita Jaiswal and Parul Sharma “We need to move from a gender sensitive and gender responsive approach to a gender transformative approach,” said Nafisa Binte Shafique, Chief, UNICEF office for Bihar, speaking at a webinar on 26 July, 2021, organised by the Bihar...