Congress’ move to field more women raises the bar for national parties, will inspire women to ask for ‘hissedari’

Many southern parties known for their pro-women policies were seen fielding fewer women. In the 2021 TN assembly polls, the representation of women was the lowest in 20 years, and has one of the lowest ratio of women MLAs (5%) in the country.

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