Women pin hopes on BJP, Mahakutami for tickets
In the dissolved Assembly there were only nine female members.
Hyderabad: Women aspirants pin their hopes on the Mahakutami and the BJP to get a fair share in nominations as final lists are being prepared.
Telangana Rasthra Samithi (TRS) had announced the first list of candidates a month back with 105 candidates out of 119 constituencies. In the first list, there were only four women candidates even reducing the proportion of serving legislators for a repeat nomination which has become a contentious issue among party workers.
Women were more mature and proactive in perpetuating democratic practices as the voter turnout in 2014 proves that 74.18 per cent of them exercised their franchise as against 74 per cent of men, said K. Balaji, a Research student of the University of Hyderabad said. The proportion of women representatives was steadily declining, he said.
In the dissolved Assembly, there were only nine women representatives. Gongidi Sunitha (Alair), Konda Surekha (Warangal East), Padma Devender Reddy (Medak), Bodige Shoba (Choppadandi), Ajmeer Rekha (Khanapur), and Kova Lakshmi (Aseefabad) belong to the TRS party. Dr Jetty Geetha (Zaeerabad), DK Aruna (Gadwal) and Padmavathi Reddy Nalamada (Kodad) belong to the Indian National Congress. The lone woman in the Telangana Legislative Council was Akila Lalitha, who was from the Congress party.
BJP National President Amit Shah convened a meeting of assembly convenors, observers, Parliament incharges for a closed door meeting on Wednesday evening after addressing a public meeting at Karimnagar on Wednesday.
Earlier in the day he spoke to Shakti groups, a women grassroots wing of the BJP to strengthen the party. It is hoped that he would pick up a few members from this group as the party plans to contest all the 119 constituencies in the State.
In elections, women beat men in terms of voting and some aspirants emphasize on this to pressurize the parties to give them seats.