Not 1 Woman Chief Minister In 16 NDA States: Derek O'Brien On Women's Quota
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erek O'Brien said the BJP is not serious about empowering women "It is one thing to give tickets. Another to give tickets that are winnable," he said.
Trinamool Congress's Derek O Brien today gave two options to the Centre on quota for women in parliament and state assemblies. Speaking in Rajya Sabha during the debate on the women's quota bill, he said the government should bring the bill in 2024, or give women quota in Rajya Sabha. Tucked in it was a third option -- let the BJP get one-third women elected from their party.
His point: The BJP is not serious about empowering women -- "It is one thing to give tickets. Another to give tickets that are winnable". This he elucidated through two examples.
"In 2021, before Bengal assembly elections, the men came money, media, muscle power, misogyny and mocked her. Didi O Didi. You broke her foot. Smashed it. she gave you an answer truely like a woman. softly. The people of Bengal answered for her," Mr O'Brien said in a job at Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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