AN OPEN LETTER TO ELECTION COMMISSION AND POLITICAL PARTIES
We, the National Alliance of women, are writing this to express our deep dissatisfaction with the meager allotment of tickets to women candidates by major political parties in the lists put out by them. It is our contention that political parties that don’t have an adequate representation of women within their organization are not truly representative of our democracy. Moreover, it is incumbent on all who are in a position of responsibility to create a just social order. These precedents of unfairness in ticket allotment serve to perpetuate the gender imbalance in opportunities available to men and women in India.
National Alliance for Women’s Reservation Bill (a platform with members from many women’s organizations), has met with the previous election commissioners. We have, on several...