Congress bid to garner women’s vote in Karnataka ahead of Assembly election

Its programme, ‘Na Nayaki’, will run training workshops for women who have fought local body polls on the Congress symbol or even if they have not.

The Congress in Karnataka is making a serious bid to woo women voters in the run-up to the 2023 Assembly election, launching a programme called ‘Na Nayaki’ (I’m a leader) in all constituencies of the State.

According to State Congress sources, the programme will run training workshops for women who have fought local body polls on the Congress symbol or even if they have not. “All women who have fought local body polls even if they have lost, whether they have fought on the party symbol or not will be reached out to under this programme. There are 22 geographical clusters where the workshops will take place covering roughly 10 Assembly seats each (Karnataka Assembly has 224 seats). After the training workshop, each person attending will be asked to connect to 10 more women in their areas,” said a source.

Suggestions made by women during the workshops may also be included in the Karnataka Congress’ manifesto. “One suggestion that was made and which will be included is that the mother’s name also be included in the Aadhaar card registration along with that of the father,” said the source.