y don’t want to happen.”
Citing the example of neighboring countries like Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal where women already have reserved seats in parliament, Chakravarty says the condition of women in India is in stark contrast with the country’s status as the world’s largest democracy.
“It is true that women’s reservation in all these countries came after a long struggle and India being bigger perhaps needs a longer struggle but the fact that sixty five years after Independence we are still on the streets demanding our dues is in itself a matter of shame for any democracy,” she says.
As the main opposition party a few years ago, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was a vocal supporter of the women’s reservation.
As a government, however, the party has remained silent on the issue so far.
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