Congress can ensure equality for women, says Geetha Shivarajkumar
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Congress can ensure equality for women, says Geetha Shivarajkumar

The Hindu  

Congress candidate for Shivamogga Lok Sabha constituency Geetha Shivarajkumar said on Tuesday, April 30, that the Congress can ensure equality in the society for women. Speaking at a women’s conclave of the Congress at Kiri Manjeshwara, in Udupi district, under the Byndoor Assembly segment which is part of the Shivamogga Lok Sabha constituency which will go to the polls on May 7, she said that the Congress can control the inflation. The spokesperson of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee Nikhet Raj Mourya alleged that the Union government led by the BJP has failed to provide justice to arecanut growers who are in large numbers in Tirthahalli and Shikaripura taluks. Mr. Mourya alleged that the Union government led by the BJP has been trying to divide the society on the basis of religion and caste since it came to power.

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BJP's Winning Formula: Women Voters & Welfare Schemes
5 days, 13 hours ago

BJP's Winning Formula: Women Voters & Welfare Schemes

The Quint  

This is the second of a two-part reflective analysis drawn from the observations made in the BJP’s performance across recent Assembly elections. India’s electoral history and political landscape is perhaps witnessing a tectonic shift, wheeled under the rise of the Bharatiya Janata Party, and at its heart lies a ‘silent’, quiet, yet powerful revolution. Women voters, often overlooked in most …

BJP government working for women’s empowerment, says Rajasthan CM
1 week, 2 days ago

BJP government working for women’s empowerment, says Rajasthan CM

The Hindu  

Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma on Saturday said the “respectable status” of women in the State was a symbol of a strong society, even as his government had been working for women’s empowerment since he assumed office a year ago. He launched several new schemes for women’s welfare and released loans worth ₹100 crore to women’s self-help groups through …

Editor’s Note | Why Political Parties’ Women Welfare Schemes Have Nothing to Do with Real Empowerment
1 week, 6 days ago

Editor’s Note | Why Political Parties’ Women Welfare Schemes Have Nothing to Do with Real Empowerment

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 10, 2024 22:46 IST - 3 MINS READ Earlier this year, LibTech, a grouping of academics and activists, published numbers that showed the deletion of over 39 lakh registered workers from the rolls of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. Only a Pollyanna would imagine that the myriad aggressively marketed mahila schemes today have anything …

Telangana: Congress to boost women's power in politics via ‘Shakti Abhiyan’
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Telangana: Congress to boost women's power in politics via ‘Shakti Abhiyan’

Deccan Chronicle  

The Congress is planning to launch ‘Shakti Abhiyan’ in the country under which it wants to promote women's leadership from the grassroots level through the Indira Fellowship programme.Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi will personally supervise the programme.The first national convention of ‘Shakti Abhiyan’ will be held for three days in Adilabad beginning December 4. The participants will …

After Jharkhand poll debacle, BJP says women voters were wooed away by cash transfer scheme
3 weeks, 1 day ago

After Jharkhand poll debacle, BJP says women voters were wooed away by cash transfer scheme

The Hindu  

The large turnout of women voters and a State scheme to provide financial aid to women were among the factors that led to the BJP’s resounding defeat in the recent Jharkhand Assembly election, according to an internal review of the party’s poll debacle conducted over the weekend in Ranchi. Cash transfer for women Party sources said that during the meeting, …

Election Time ‘Ladies Special’ | Power Play by Anand Mishra
1 month ago

Election Time ‘Ladies Special’ | Power Play by Anand Mishra

The Hindu  

Published : Nov 22, 2024 16:24 IST - 5 MINS READ Dear readers, If the election din in Maharashtra and Jharkhand is anything to go by, you would think women had suddenly become the secret sauce of Indian politics. Be it the BJP’s “beti, roti, aur maati” campaign and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha’s Maiya Samman Yojana in Jharkhand, or the Eknath …

Jharkhand assembly elections 2024: Women outnumber men in voter roll across 68 constituencies, says ECI
1 month ago

Jharkhand assembly elections 2024: Women outnumber men in voter roll across 68 constituencies, says ECI

India TV News  

Women voters took center stage in the recently concluded Jharkhand Assembly elections, outnumbering men in both phases of polling. K Ravi Kumar, Jharkhand’s Chief Electoral Officer, highlighted the active political engagement of women voters. Interestingly, women voters outnumbered men in 32 constituencies, including those of Chief Minister Hemant Soren and former Chief Minister Champai Soren. Congress leader Rajesh Thakur remarked, …

Attitude of society towards women is sometimes not mature, needs to change, says Murmu
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Attitude of society towards women is sometimes not mature, needs to change, says Murmu

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: President Droupadi Murmu said on Tuesday that society’s attitude towards women is sometimes not mature and needed to change, while also emphasising that the nation’s progress cannot be fully realised without the socio-economic and educational development of women. Mumbai, Sep 03 : President Droupadi Murmu, Maharashtra Governor CP Radhakrishnan, State Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, State Deputy Chief Ministers Devendra …

Women in Indian Politics: A story that has changed little over the years
6 months ago

Women in Indian Politics: A story that has changed little over the years

Firstpost  

Making just 13.63 per cent of the elected strength, the 18th Lok Sabha will comprise only 74 women compared to 469 men, even lower than the previous House India recently concluded its 2024 general elections, which took place in seven phases—from April 19 to June 1—to elect all 543 members of the Lok Sabha. Making just 13.63 per cent of …

India’s Modi wooed women voters. Did the strategy work in the election?
6 months, 1 week ago

India’s Modi wooed women voters. Did the strategy work in the election?

Al Jazeera  

The pitch was clear — the results mixed for Modi’s BJP. Critics point out that semiformal and informal sectors dominate when it comes to India’s labour force – offering far fewer protections to workers, especially women. Overall, India’s female labour participation ratio has fallen in recent years – meaning that fewer women are even seeking employment. Women’s Reservation Bill: Passed …

Missing women MPs in the new Lok Sabha
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Missing women MPs in the new Lok Sabha

Hindustan Times  

In the video, Sanjna Jatav is dancing to Rajasthani folk music. Her priorities are clear, she tells me on the phone: “Higher education for women who otherwise drop out because they aren’t allowed to attend co-ed institutions.” Despite the well-deserved euphoria of individual victories, the new Lok Sabha looks depressingly like the old Lok Sabha in one significant way: The …

Elections 2024: How the BJP wins over women voters
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Elections 2024: How the BJP wins over women voters

Hindustan Times  

India has experienced a decade of political churning. However, in Congress–aligned households, only 68% of women followed men’s political preferences, with 25% aligning themselves with the rival BJP instead. The BJP’s traction among women was also pronounced in Uttar Pradesh, as evidenced by community-specific, gender-disaggregated patterns from exit polls conducted by Axis-MyIndia in that state’s 2022 assembly elections. Despite Hindutva’s …

Owaisi calls for quotas for Muslim women in Parliament
8 months ago

Owaisi calls for quotas for Muslim women in Parliament

Deccan Chronicle  

Kishanganj: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has made a strong pitch over quotas for Muslim women, flagging the alarmingly low representation, in Parliament, of females belonging to the minority community. The Hyderabad MP made the comment during an election rally at Bihar's Kishanganj, the lone Muslim majority Lok Sabha seat in the state, where the AIMIM's provincial unit chief and MLA …

Congress conspiring to divide the country again based on religion, caste and geographical considerations: Meenakshi Lekhi
8 months ago

Congress conspiring to divide the country again based on religion, caste and geographical considerations: Meenakshi Lekhi

The Hindu  

Minister of State for External Affairs and Culture Meenakshi Lekhi on Friday, April 19, alleged that the Congress was conspiring to divide the country again based on religion, caste and geographical considerations. Ms. Lekhi claimed that the people of the country would vote for the BJP to make Narendra Modi the Prime Minister for the third term to carry forward …

Sexism on the campaign trail
8 months ago

Sexism on the campaign trail

The Hindu  

Since last weekend, Karnataka has seen arrows flying between the two top political leaders on the question of what the government’s flagship guarantee schemes have meant for women. Kumaraswamy’s interpretation of how two of the five guarantee schemes targeted at women — free travel in non-luxury government buses and monthly financial support of ₹2,000 for women heads of families — …

Lok Sabha election: Congress banks on ‘silent’ women beneficiaries of guarantee schemes
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha election: Congress banks on ‘silent’ women beneficiaries of guarantee schemes

The Hindu  

The role of women voters and their impact on the election results of 28 Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka is being keenly watched. While the Congress seems to be confident of securing their support from the guarantee schemes, the Opposition BJP is pushing the “Modi Ki Guarantee” narrative of development. “Though many women beneficiaries among the OBCs, the SCs, and …

Rahul Gandhi's big Lok Sabha poll promise for women
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Rahul Gandhi's big Lok Sabha poll promise for women

Hindustan Times  

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Friday promised that his party will reserve 50 per cent of government jobs for women if voted to power in the Lok Sabha elections. Congress MP Rahul Gandhi said women's potential will be fully utilised only when women have equal contribution in the government running the country “Isn't the population of women in India 50 …

Lok Sabha election | Parties need to walk the women talk
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha election | Parties need to walk the women talk

The Hindu  

When the Women’s Reservation Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha on September 21, 2023 it was dubbed as a milestone in the history of the women’s rights movement in the country. Hitherto, the number of seats any coalition has offered to women in the previous Lok Sabha polls over the past 20 years is a maximum of three. Of …

Lok Sabha elections 2024 | Congress woos women; announces ‘Nari Nyay’ guarantee as part of its manifesto
9 months, 1 week ago

Lok Sabha elections 2024 | Congress woos women; announces ‘Nari Nyay’ guarantee as part of its manifesto

The Hindu  

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on March 13 announced five ‘Nari Nyay’ guarantees, promising a direct annual deposit of ₹1 lakh into the bank accounts of poor women, and 50% reservation in all new recruitments in Central government jobs if his party is voted to power in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Addressing a ‘mahila sammelan’ in Maharashtra’s Dhule district as …

Women To Help BJP Win 12 LS Seats in TS: Aruna
9 months, 1 week ago

Women To Help BJP Win 12 LS Seats in TS: Aruna

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Telangana's BJP leadership anticipates securing at least 12 Lok Sabha seats in the state in the upcoming elections, fuelled by substantial backing from women voters, said BJP vice-president D.K. Encouraging women to wield their influence by ensuring a resounding victory for BJP candidates, Aruna asserted that the realisation of 33 per cent reservation for women in politics would materialise …

'No platform for women in the Congress': Ex-party leader who joined BJP
9 months, 3 weeks ago

'No platform for women in the Congress': Ex-party leader who joined BJP

India Today  

S Vijayadharani, a former Congress MLA who joined the BJP on February 24, slammed the 'grand old party' and claimed that women are not given recognition when it comes to leadership roles. She said that difficulties were being created for women in politics and said that she had to resign from the Congress 37 years after she had first joined. …

At Thrissur conference PM says women’s empowerment has Modi’s guarantee
11 months, 2 weeks ago

At Thrissur conference PM says women’s empowerment has Modi’s guarantee

The Hindu  

Development of women in the country has the guarantee of Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister told the Bharatiya Janata Party’s women’s conference ‘Women’s Power with Modi’ at Thekkinkadu Maidan in Thrissur on Wednesday. “By clearing the Women’s Reservation Bill in Parliament, the BJP government showed it respected women and ensured their rightful share in governance. But I believe that the …

Women's power surges in political landscape
1 year ago

Women's power surges in political landscape

Hindustan Times  

It is being seen as a significant step forward for women in politics that they are emerging as a crucial voting bloc in elections, and the recent assembly elections proved this in spades. In Madhya Pradesh, which saw a stunning BJP victory despite all predictions of how anti-incumbency would hobble the state government, women who comprise 48.20% of the 53.9 …

BJP steps up efforts to make Nov 2 Dalit meet a success
1 year, 1 month ago

BJP steps up efforts to make Nov 2 Dalit meet a success

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party has stepped up its drive to connect with Dalits and the party is now looking to pull out all stops to make an impression by holding a mega Dalit meet in the state capital on November 2. This would be part of the six Dalit meets finalised by the party in the state, all attempts to …

Politics and sexism: What have parties really done on women empowerment?
1 year, 3 months ago

Politics and sexism: What have parties really done on women empowerment?

India Today  

“The problem is that when a woman is attacked, she gets attacked for her character, but never for her policymaking,” Union minister and BJP leader Smriti Irani. There were ludicrous claims of a tunnel running between her and a senior leader's home, writes journalist Nidhi Sharma in her recently published book ‘She, The Leader -- Women in Indian Politics’. Also, …

Legislating change: The Hindu Editorial on the passage of the Women’s Reservation Bill in the Lok Sabha
1 year, 3 months ago

Legislating change: The Hindu Editorial on the passage of the Women’s Reservation Bill in the Lok Sabha

The Hindu  

The passage of the women’s reservation bill in the Lok Sabha almost three decades after it was first tabled in Parliament is a welcome move that can finally shatter a political glass ceiling. With women Members of Parliament comprising only about 15% of the strength of the Lok Sabha, the gender inequality in political representation is stark and disturbing. The …

Women’s reservation Bill | Question of representation comes to the fore during debate
1 year, 3 months ago

Women’s reservation Bill | Question of representation comes to the fore during debate

The Hindu  

September 20, 2023 03:54 pm | Updated September 21, 2023 02:09 am IST - NEW DELHI The prickly question of representation, and who can speak on whose behalf, came to the fore in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, ironically while debating the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam or the women’s reservation Bill. As soon as BJP’s lead speaker Jharkhand MP Nishikant …

Women's Reservation Bill not political issue for BJP, PM Modi, says Amit Shah in Lok Sabha | TOP QUOTES
1 year, 3 months ago

Women's Reservation Bill not political issue for BJP, PM Modi, says Amit Shah in Lok Sabha | TOP QUOTES

India TV News  

Women Reservation Bill: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said that for some parties, the Women's Reservation Bill may be a political issue but for his party and his leader Prime Minister Narendra Modi, it's about empowering them. The passage of women's reservation bill will mark start of new era, PM Modi presented vision of women-led progress in G20, …

INDIA bloc likely to back Women’s Reservation Bill, even as parties point to its flaws
1 year, 3 months ago

INDIA bloc likely to back Women’s Reservation Bill, even as parties point to its flaws

The Hindu  

The Women’s Reservation Bill has put the Indian National Developmental, Inclusive Alliance bloc in a spot, with almost all member parties expected to come out in support of the legislation, although they are trying to discount the political capital that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP hope to earn from it by pointing out the rider in the Bill, …

Congress Trying To Steal Credit For Women's Reservation Bill: BJP
1 year, 3 months ago

Congress Trying To Steal Credit For Women's Reservation Bill: BJP

ABP News  

The Bharatiya Janata Party has slammed the Congress party's stance on the Women's Reservation Bill, accusing them of repeatedly withholding the legislation's passage over the years. On Tuesday, Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal introduced the much-anticipated Women's Reservation Bill, named Nari Shakti Vandan Vidheyak, in Lok Sabha. The BJP in a press statement on Tuesday pointed to several instances …

Women’s Reservation Bill ‘Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam’ introduced by the Indian Government in Lok Sabha
1 year, 3 months ago

Women’s Reservation Bill ‘Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam’ introduced by the Indian Government in Lok Sabha

The Hindu  

September 19, 2023 03:06 pm | Updated 10:08 pm IST - New Delhi The Union government introduced a Bill to provide one-third reservation to women in the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies as the historic first legislation in the new Parliament House on Tuesday, but the fine print ensures that the quota will not be implemented in next year’s general …

Proud of the moment when women get equal share in India's future: Maneka Gandhi
1 year, 3 months ago

Proud of the moment when women get equal share in India's future: Maneka Gandhi

The Hindu  

BJP MP Maneka Gandhi on September 19 said she is proud to be part of the moment when the government will be giving women “an equal share in future of India”. “I am proud to be a part of this moment when government, under leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji, has undertaken to repair the deep rooted asymmetry, and …

Hopeful for Women’s Bill, only PM Modi can get it done, says Vanathi Srinivasan
1 year, 3 months ago

Hopeful for Women’s Bill, only PM Modi can get it done, says Vanathi Srinivasan

The Hindu  

BJP Mahila Morcha chief Vanathi Srinivasan said on September 14 that she was “hopeful” that the Women’s Reservation Bill would be cleared sooner rather than later, adding that “only Prime Minister Modi has the focus and intent to get it done”. Speaking to The Hindu, Ms. Srinivasan said that the BJP had long been supportive of efforts to clear the …

Reintroduce Women’s Reservation Bill in Parliament, Opposition parties tell Centre
2 years ago

Reintroduce Women’s Reservation Bill in Parliament, Opposition parties tell Centre

The Hindu  

The long pending Women’s Reservation Bill should be reintroduced in the Winter Session, several parties including Trinamool Congress, Janata Dal and Shiromani Akali Dal demanded at a meeting of Lok Sabha Business Advisory Committee chaired by Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla. The bill seeks to reserve one-third of seats in Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies for women. In 2008, …

‘Cleverly’ Hills To Pick its Star Soon: Mahila with BJP, Karamchari with Cong? Himachal Ground Report
2 years, 1 month ago

‘Cleverly’ Hills To Pick its Star Soon: Mahila with BJP, Karamchari with Cong? Himachal Ground Report

News 18  

There is some chill in the air in Himachal Pradesh, but the political temperature is soaring ahead of the polling on Saturday, in what appears to be a “super-tight" contest between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress. The Congress is riding on its promise of bringing back the ‘Old Pension Scheme’ and giving Rs 1,500 per month as aid …

BJP's Shehzad Poonawalla on Rahul Gandhi's photo with Hijab girl: Appeasing Islamists and sacrificing women's rights is Congress' nature
2 years, 3 months ago

BJP's Shehzad Poonawalla on Rahul Gandhi's photo with Hijab girl: Appeasing Islamists and sacrificing women's rights is Congress' nature

Op India  

On September 20, Bharatiya Janata Party’s national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla criticized Rahul Gandhi and the Congress party for his appeasement politics. This picture smacks of the worst form of appeasement like his father in Shahbano case Is Rahul Gandhi unaware of Mahsa Amini & women trying to break off the shackles of patriarchy peddled in name of religion 1/n pic.twitter.com/BPvQ37dx7I …

Why more women voted for the BJP in 2022 elections | Analysis
2 years, 9 months ago

Why more women voted for the BJP in 2022 elections | Analysis

India Today  

The story of women voting in India has added one more puzzle for social scientists to decipher. In many states too, the party gained some advantage with women voters - the trend was very visible in the 2020 Bihar and 2021 Assam assembly elections. Very simply, learn from leaders such as Mamata Banerjee and Nitish Kumar, and make concerted outreach …

UP 70: Impressed With Free Ration, Security, PM Modi, Will Purvanchal’s Women Vote for BJP?
2 years, 9 months ago

UP 70: Impressed With Free Ration, Security, PM Modi, Will Purvanchal’s Women Vote for BJP?

News 18  

In the newly opened ‘The Foodie Cafe’ in Mau, the land of Mukhtar Ansari, Alka and Archana are feasting on some choc-o-chip ice-cream. A senior BJP leader told News18 that not many women attend Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav’s rallies, with young men mostly thronging near the stage. THE ‘RATION’ CARD Visiting multiple villages in Purvanchal, News18 found tremendous recall …

Rajasthan: Women's Wing of Congress Slams BJP Chief for Comparing State Budget With Dark-Skinned Bride
2 years, 9 months ago

Rajasthan: Women's Wing of Congress Slams BJP Chief for Comparing State Budget With Dark-Skinned Bride

News 18  

The Congress’ women’s wing on Wednesday slammed Rajasthan BJP chief Satish Poonia for his remarks comparing the state budget with the face of a dark-complexioned bride after a good makeover, and alleged that “anti-women mindset is in the BJP’s DNA”. It seems like a dark-complexioned bride has been taken to a beauty parlour and presented after a good makeup.” Mahila …

Assembly Elections 2022: After UP, BJP Promises Stricter ‘Love Jihad’ Law in U’khand, ATMs in All Villages on Cards Too
2 years, 10 months ago

Assembly Elections 2022: After UP, BJP Promises Stricter ‘Love Jihad’ Law in U’khand, ATMs in All Villages on Cards Too

News 18  

Assembly Elections 2022 LIVE Updates: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday launched the Congress manifesto ‘Unnati Vidhan Jan Ghoshna Patra-2022’ for the upcoming UP Polls. Meanwhile, in a fresh attack on BJP, Rahul Gandhi said, PM Narendra Modi, is scared of Congress because “it exposes his nexus with billionaires and his fake image created by his brand managers.” SP …

K’taka Cong MLA Isn’t the First, Here Are 10 Examples of How Politicians Shamed Women With Sexist Slurs
3 years ago

K’taka Cong MLA Isn’t the First, Here Are 10 Examples of How Politicians Shamed Women With Sexist Slurs

News 18  

Congress MLA KR Ramesh Kumar’s atrocious “enjoy rape” comments triggered a massive outrage in and outside the Parliament. Kya rape case mein phasi di jayegi?.” Digvijaya Singh’s Use of Slang for Colleague Congress leader Digvijaya Singh in 2013 gave Rahul Gandhi’s aide Meenakshi Natarajan an extremely sexist ‘compliment’. “Urmila ji has been brought to politics because she is a celebrity …

Bihar panchayat polls: Trend reverses,women emerge as ‘better half’ after 50% quota
3 years, 3 months ago

Bihar panchayat polls: Trend reverses,women emerge as ‘better half’ after 50% quota

Hindustan Times  

PATNA Woman candidates have outnumbered men in the forthcoming panchayat elections by a good margin in the first two phases. A former commissioner with Chief Vigilance Commission is set to contest the panchayat election in Bihar from Raj Singhwahini panchayat in Sonbarsa block of Sitamarhi district, which was represented for the last five years by his wife, who now wants …

Assembly Elections 2021: No dearth of women cadres, but parties fail to ensure gender equality in lead roles
3 years, 8 months ago

Assembly Elections 2021: No dearth of women cadres, but parties fail to ensure gender equality in lead roles

Firstpost  

We are in 2021 and India is gearing up to celebrate its 75 years of its independence, but gender equality has taken a step back. While there is no dearth of women karyakartas in major political parties, the clear denial of tickets to contest elections is a huge entry barrier for women in politics. Except for Mamata Banerjee led the …

To Win Bengal Polls, BJP Pulls Out All Stops to Woo Women Voters Away from Mamata
3 years, 9 months ago

To Win Bengal Polls, BJP Pulls Out All Stops to Woo Women Voters Away from Mamata

News 18  

That women voters likely form the biggest support base of West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and her party, the Trinamool Congress, has been analysed threadbare. “We will launch Mission Atmanirbhar Mahila with a corpus of Rs 5,000 crore to help women become economically independent,” he said, also promising a 33 per cent quota for women in government jobs. Besides …

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