Time to demand 50% representation for women in politics
Source: Deccan Herald
By Prathiksha Lakshmikanth,
It was not the first time that a male politician in India had made a sexist and derogatory jibe at a female counterpart. But something about Union minister Mahesh Sharma’s “pappu ki pappi” remark, directed at Congress’ Priyanka Gandhi, struck home. The casualness with which the insult was heaped on the Gandhi family’s latest entrant into full-time politics – no less – was hard to miss. As was the way the public lapped up the joke.
No matter what the signals emanating from a handful of parties may suggest – the Trinamool Congress and the Biju Janata Dal have decided to give 41 per cent and 33 per cent of their tickets to women for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls – it appears that the reality of Indian politics is not changing anytime soon.
Click here to read the full article published by Deccan Herald on 19 March 2019.
By Prathiksha Lakshmikanth,
It was not the first time that a male politician in India had made a sexist and derogatory jibe at a female counterpart. But something about Union minister Mahesh Sharma’s “pappu ki pappi” remark, directed at Congress’ Priyanka Gandhi, struck home. The casualness with which the insult was heaped on the Gandhi family’s latest entrant into full-time politics – no less – was hard to miss. As was the way the public lapped up the joke.
No matter what the signals emanating from a handful of parties may suggest – the Trinamool Congress and the Biju Janata Dal have decided to give 41 per cent and 33 per cent of their tickets to women for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls – it appears that the reality of Indian politics is not changing anytime soon.
Click here to read the full article published by Deccan Herald on 19 March 2019.