The God’s own country Kerala is known for its most literacy. And Kerala women voters outnumber men. Nevertheless, not a single woman would represent a Kerala constituency in the 15h Lok Sabha. All the national and state parties kept the idea of 33 percent women reservation in cold storage. Will the elected male MPs in the coming Lok sabha get time to deliberate on the reservation of women in constitutional bodies?
All the political parties speak wide-mouth about giving 33 percent participation for women in the law-making bodies but it comes to act they deliberately forget it.
Gender equality is only a slogan unsuited for implementation. Women organizations in the state are also responsible for this pitiable situation. They are little bothered about the neglect they met in the election. The protest by the Mahila Congress against the male chauvinism in the party affairs of the Congress was only a storm in the cup.
The only hope for Kerala women in the Parliament is former UN Under Secretary Sasi Tharoor. His success was mainly based on women votes. Tharoor bagged all the women votes of Thiruvanathapuram because of his Ram like features. And hence one could expect a courtesy act towards women from Tharoor in the Parliament.
K A Solaman
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