Only 11 women have been elected to the 140-member Legislative Assembly in a state that prides itself on its literacy, social indices and progressive outlook
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‘Sisters’ aid a landslide victory but remain outside the House
By Hepzi Anthony The Mahayuti alliance won on the back of women who voted in large numbers to show their appreciation for women-focussed schemes—but the number of women in the state assembly has dropped. The Mahayuti alliance’s landslide victory in the recent 2024...
हरियाणा विधानसभा चुनाव 2024 : बेटियों की अनदेखी वाले राज्य में दांव जीत पाएंगी क्या विनेश फोगाट
By वर्षा सिंह पुरुषों के वर्चस्व वाले खेल कुश्ती की पहलवान विनेश फोगाट हरियाणा विधानसभा चुनाव 2024 में जिंद के जुलाना विधानसभा सीट से पहली बार राजनीतिक मैदान में उतरी हैं। पेरिस ओलंपिक में स्वर्ण या रजत पदक की प्रबल दावेदार विनेश हरियाणा के राजनीतिक दंगल में...
Will Haryana have its first female CM?
By Varsha Singh Haryana contributed the most number of women to India’s 2024 Paris Olympics contingent – of the 117 athletes who represented the country in the Olympics this year, 24 were from Haryana, and 14 of them were women. However, when it comes to politics, the...
Only 8% women MLAs elected in Haryana assembly since 1967
By Parvathi Benu From the first election to the Haryana state assembly in 1967 after the state was carved out of Punjab in 1966 to the one in 2019, a total of 839 candidates have become elected representatives. Of this 839, just 69 women – a measly 8% – have been...
Gender, sex aur dhokha in the media during elections
By Ammu Joseph In the lead-up to the 2024 general elections in India, The Hindu’s data team had charted the trajectory of women’s representation in parliaments across the world. According to them, even though women’s representation in political spheres improved in the...
Of the three women MPs from Rajasthan, the star is Sanjna Jatav, a 26-year-old Dalit leader
By Rakhee Roytalukdar Desperately seeking women politicians at all levels of the polity in Rajasthan to make the Women’s Reservation Bill a reality Rajasthan has always been known as the land of Rajas and Maharajas, who were acknowledged for their valour and courage....
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...
Two women from the Northeast make it to the 18th Lok Sabha, one less than in the 17th
By Durba Ghosh Only two women, both from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), have made it to the 18th Lok Sabha (LS), one less than in the outgoing house. This time there was a total of 23 female candidates across the eight North Eastern states, which together have 25...
Win or lose, Kerala’s women leaders stick together
By Sarita Mohanan Bhama Kerala may not have sent any women to Parliament but its women leaders are showing solidarity with one another It’s a bit of an ‘oops’ moment for the long line of academics who have showcased Kerala’s women-propelled welfare climb. The people...
Follow the leader: West Bengal’s 11 women MPs ready for battle
By Shikha Mukerjee West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s handpicked contingent of newly elected women Members of Parliament (MPs), inspired by her, are ready to take the fight into the enemy camp. Of course, it will be easier in the 18th Lok Sabha, in which the...
A price on her head – How men value women in West Bengal
By Shikha Mukerjee Between hype and reality, the status of women is an expanse of hypocrisy in West Bengal. Abhijit Gangopadhyay, the newly hatched politician who is the Bharatiya Janata Party’s candidate from Tamluk in East Medinipur, was asked by the Election...
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...
The ‘woman card’ in Odisha politics
By Rakhi Ghosh The Biju Janata Dal (BJD), the leading regional party in Odisha, has been continuing with its 2019 promise of reserving 33 percent seats for women candidates for Lok Sabha elections. It is also one of the first states in the country to implement 50...
Sexual predators lurk in political parties with impunity
By Rituparna Chatterjee In 2018, at the peak of the #MeToo movement in India, Fairoz Khan, an official from the youth wing of the Indian National Congress party (INC), stepped down after a complaint of sexual harassment was filed against him. At the time, the Congress...
In Assam, more women vote, but fewer women candidates in the fray
By Durba Ghosh The number of women candidates has been on the decline since 2014, but women voters are turning out in greater numbers than men. Promises galore have been made and benefits doled out but in Assam, even as women outnumber the male voters, the...
Women candidates in Rajasthan: The same, old story
By Rakhee Roytalukdar The Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam Bill, popularly called the Women’s Reservation Bill, passed in 2023, has been hailed as a game-changer in India’s political landscape. The long-pending Bill was passed in both houses of Parliament, almost...
Daughters vs Sons in Hereditary Politics
By Vanaja C Women make up less than 10 percent of contestants in the 2023 Telangana Assembly elections. Vijaya Reddy is one of them. She is contesting from the Khairatabad constituency of Hyderabad on the Indian National Congress ticket. It is a triangular fight...
A close look at women standing for election in Chhattisgarh
By Malini Subramaniam Twenty of the 90 seats in Chhattisgarh will go to the polls in the first phase of the state Assembly election on 7 November. The second phase, for the remaining 70 seats, will be held on 17 November. For now, we will focus on the first phase. Of...