Assam Assembly Elections: Only 19 Of 223 Candidates Announced So Far Are Women
Congress has given tickets to six women candidates while the BJP has named only 4 PTI Outlook Web Bureau 2021-03-08T18:58:40+05:30 Assam Assembly Elections: Only 19 Of 223 Candidates Announced So Far Are Women outlookindia.com 2021-03-08T21:51:55+05:30
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Most of the political parties have released their first list of candidates for the upcoming Assam Assembly elections. Out of the 223 names that have been announced, only 19 are women.
To lure the 49.35 per cent strong women electorate in Assam to vote for them, parties make a lot of promises. But as evident with the release of the first candidacy lists, all the parties have scored low in the gender equality parameter.