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MP flays parties on women quota bill

By Our Staff Reporter

TANUKU SEPT. 14. The Rajya Sabha member of TDP, Vanga Geeta, has blamed all political parties for the women reservation bill not becoming a reality for several years.

Speaking at a valedictory of the State-level seminar on `women and politics' held here on Sunday under the aegis of S.K.S.D. Mahila Kalasala, she said all parties contributed their part in putting the bill on hold on the pretext of lack of consensus. In the same breath she stated that provision of quota to women in the legislative bodies was inevitable and none could stop it. She emphasised the need for women to enter the Legislative Houses on a large scale to ensure enactment of legislations in their favour.

Referring to the criticism that women who got elected to the Panchayat Raj institutions and Nagarpalikas following reservations provided through the 73rd and 74th Constitutional amendments were not up to the mark, she urged the critics not to look at the issue in isolation. She attributed the so-called failure of women representatives in playing an effective role in PR institutions to lack of societal support, cooperation from family members and proper encouragement from the parties they belonged to. Besides, the Government was to equip the women representatives with legal awareness by organising periodical training programmes, she added. She said lack of societal and family support to women representatives was manifested in the presence of proxies who were running the show on their behalf.

K. Sailaja, writer and Medak district Superintendent, excise and prohibition, stressed the need for women representatives to work from gender angle. She observed that attribution of godly image to women by the patriarchal society was intended to make them solitary like `gods' in temples. Provision of reservations to women was not a charity.

Manikyambha, Department of Politics in Central University, delivered the valedictory address.

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