Women's representation in legislative bodies is urgently needed, according to BRS MLC K Kavitha, who also questioned the opposition parties' stand on the matter. She insisted that this was a pressing desire of women across the country, not something she had personally in mind.

Speaking to reporters here on Wednesday, kavitha recalled that despite Dr. BR Ambedkar's efforts to secure women's representation in legislative bodies, no political party in power has addressed the matter since independence. She made note of the fact that women today make up only 12% of the indian Parliament, an insignificant increase from 8% in the first Lok Sabha.

Should there still be female Sarpanches, MPTCs, and ZPTCs? kavitha questioned, questioning the established order. She recalled that Telangana's 14 lakh female representatives in local bodies only reached that level after the BRS administration introduced legislation to the Assembly.

The Women's Reservation Bill, which was approved in the rajya sabha back in 2010, did not receive the nod in the lok sabha even in 2023, the MLC demanded in response to criticism from the bjp and the congress leaders on the lack of women representatives in the BRS candidates for the upcoming assembly elections. She questioned why, despite having a majority, the narendra modi administration did not enact the measure.

Additionally, kavitha stated that she will revive the campaign for the Women's Reservation Bill by organising another demonstration in delhi in december and calling well-known female politicians from all political parties, such as sonia gandhi, priyanka Gandhi, Smriti Irani, and others, to participate.

The BRS leader cited suspicions of EVM manipulation made by a professor in response to bjp mp D Arvind's remarks regarding Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs). Given the crucial role elections play in democratic government, she asked the election commission of india (ECI) to take these issues seriously in order to ensure fair and transparent elections.

Regarding the disagreement among candidates, kavitha claimed that the BRS leadership had decided on candidates after taking all relevant considerations. She issued a warning against taking any measures that would jeopardise the party's goals. She emphasised the value of civil dialogue in public affairs and said that, as promised by chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, all those who were refused an mla ticket will be given another chance in the future.

When questioned about the Chief Minister's choice to run for two seats, namely kamareddy and Gajwel, kavitha refuted the opposition's assertions that he was afraid of losing and claimed that every decision he made was part of a larger plan. She emphasised that he had never lost an election, regardless of where he ran.

The MLC stated that the congress makes hollow promises about elections and emphasised that voters did not accept similar claims made by the congress during past assembly elections.
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G GOWTHAM

24/08/2023 08:32 AM