Hyderabad: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has criticised BRS for naming only seven women among 115 BRS candidates contesting the upcoming Assembly elections.
The list released by party president and chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Monday revealed the names of M Padma Devender Reddy, Bade Nagajyothi, Banoth Haripriya Naik, G Lasya Nanditha, Kova Lakshmi, Sabitha Indra Reddy and Gongidi Sunitha.
Following the announcement, the BJP spokesperson Rani Rudrama remarked, “The BRS party ignoring women in its list shows that Kavitha’s protests in Delhi demanding that the Centre enact 33 percent reservation for women in the Parliament was just a drama.”
She further said that Kavitha staged a dharna just to divert the attention of people from her alleged role in the Delhi liquor scam.
Stating that BRS has allotted a mere 3 percent share of the tickets of the 119 Assembly seats, Rudrama questioned, “Why has Kavitha not protested outside Pragati Bhavan demanding 33 percent reservation for women in the list?
However, KCR reasoned the absence of a ‘Women Reservation Act” bill, pending in the parliament behind the low percentage of women candidates in the BRS list.
“If the Act is passed, all parties will be mandated to give 33 percent quota to women in legislature bodies, said KCR.
Kavitha lashes out on BJP
The BRS MLC K Kavitha has lashed out at the BJP alleging that it had deceived the people twice by not implementing its promise of Women’s Reservation.
BJP Telangana president G Kishan Reddy took to Twitter stating, “In Bangaru Kutumbam Mathematics 33% reservation led to 6 seats (3+3= 6) being given for women by the BRS party this time.”
Responding to the comments of Kishan Reddy on less number of tickets to women in the BRS list Kavitha demanded the Centre bring the legislation.
The BRS leader questioned why the BJP which had a big majority in Parliament, did not pass the women’s reservation bill.
“Kishan Anna, with an overwhelming majority in the Parliament, BJP can table & pass any Bill. Your party has refused to even entertain its 2-time manifesto promise of the Women’s Reservation Bill,” stated Kavitha on Twitter.
Stating that KCR has proposed a formula to increase the number of seats in Parliament and reserve 1/3rd of them for women leaders, Kavitha asserted that she would like to see what the BJP, Congress, and other parties have to offer to the women of Telangana.
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