Congress, BJP give women short shrift in Bihar; regional parties put up women candidates for Lok Sabha polls
The Hindu
Altogether, 10 women candidates are in fray in Bihar, allotted by the regional parties; RJD tops the list with six candidates
Though all the political parties talk about giving equal representation to women, during ticket distribution in the polls, the talk remains a false promise. This is visible at least in the Lok Sabha poll in Bihar, when both the national parties, the Congress and the BJP, have ignored Aadhi Aabadi (women, half the population) and did not field a single woman candidate in the State.
The picture became clear on Monday when the Congress announced the names of five more candidates for Bihar in which there was no mention of any woman candidate contesting the Lok Sabha polls. In the alliance with the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Left parties, along with the Vikasheel Insaan Party (VIP) of Mukesh Sahani, the Congress has been offered nine seats.
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Going by the fact, the RJD tops the list of giving maximum tickets to women candidates in Bihar, followed by the Janata Dal (United) and the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) two each.
The RJD has fielded six women candidates out of 23 from its quota. When the seat-sharing took place, the RJD had kept 26 seats of Bihar’s 40 Lok Sabha seats, leaving nine for the Congress and five for the Left parties. However, last week, the RJD made a deal with Mr. Sahani and gave three seats to the VIP from its quota. Even the VIP did not give any ticket to women candidates in three seats the party has been given, which are Gopalganj, Janjharpur and Motihari.
The six RJD candidates who are contesting this election are Misa Bharti from Patliputra, Rohini Acharya from Saran, Ritu Jaiswal from Sheohar, Anita Devi from Munger, Bima Bharti from Purnea and Archana Ravidas from the reserved seat of Jamui.
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