Shiv Kumar
Tribune News Service
Mumbai, April 4
Shaina NC, the BJP’s high-profile spokesperson in Maharashtra, has hit out at “male chauvinists” in mainstream political parties, including her own, for denying adequate representation to women during distribution of tickets for the Lok Sabha elections.
“All parties need to wake up. Women are 50% (of) the electorate. Upset and appalled to know that other than @MamataOfficial who has given 41% and @Naveen_Odisha who has given 33% to women candidates all other parties only pay lip service to our cause..... We want to be known for our competence & our ability to raise the common concern of crores of Indian women who go unnoticed,” Shaina said in a message on Twitter.
Shaina has been one of the contenders for a ticket from Mumbai in the last two LS elections but had been overlooked. After Sena announced that it would go it alone, BJP indicated that Shaina would front the BJP against Congress’ Milind Deora in South Mumbai. But after both parties patched up, BJP has backed sitting MP Arvind Sawant of the Shiv Sena in South Mumbai.
from The Tribune http://bit.ly/2Ie55Cw
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