Someone sent this analysis of Women’s reservation bill in its present form, wherein seats are reserved for women candidates only by rotation in every election.  It does look like a scary scenario, given the fact that as of now, a woman candidate has higher chance of being elected (1 in 12) compared to a man (1 in 15) in Lok Sabha.  So although only few women candidates stand for elections right now, the electorate has shown a preference for women candidates overall.  It could also be that since only few women candidates are given tickets by political parties, these few women are better candidates compared to men. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The WRB rotation formula is a big conspiracy of radical feminists. Consider Below: … [Read more...] about Could women take over the whole parliament excluding men?

Karan Thapar has succinctly put the problems of Women Reservation Bill (WRB) in its current form, in an article here. First, as a principle, reservations cause offence because they amount to discrimination. India accepts that the scheduled castes and tribes (SC/ST), given their special history, deserve reservations. No such consensus exists for women. Second, on top of 22.5 per cent for SC/ST, 33 per cent for women (although some of it would overlap) would push up total reservations in the Lok Sabha to around 48 per cent. It means non-SC/ST men (78 per cent of the male population) can only contest 52 per cent of the Lok Sabha seats! Is this acceptable in a democracy? Third, the way these 33 per cent seats are to be reserved will undermine the key relationship in a … [Read more...] about Increase women representation, don’t create quotas