If the bill giving the benefit of 33 per cent reservation to women in the Lok Sabha and the legislatures of various states becomes law, it will apply in Delhi as well. This could change all equations in the 70-member Delhi Assembly. If the Arvind Kejriwal government claims to bring women into its fold with the help of various schemes, then the BJP may get the benefit of bringing this law this time.
In fact, the Arvind Kejriwal government has managed to win over women by making electricity bills and water up to 200 units free. Similarly, by making free tickets for women in Delhi buses, the Kejriwal government has favored women. Because of this, she has become very popular among them.
But the BJP claims that Kejriwal’s government has insulted women. Delhi BJP minister Sarika Jain told Amar Ujala that Arvind Kejriwal does not respect women. She plans to get his vote by doing certain things for free, but orders the opening of liquor sales next to the same woman’s house, putting the women’s safety and respect at risk.
Sarika Jain said that Arvind Kejriwal had not yet given place to any woman in his cabinet. He housed only one woman like Atishi when two of his ministers, Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain, went to jail in serious corruption cases. If Kejriwal had respected women, there should have been at least three women ministers in his cabinet. This shows that Kejriwal doubts the ability of women. He said that women will teach the Arvind Kejriwal government a lesson in the next elections.
Arvind Kejriwal worried about women’s safety
Aam Aadmi Party leader Malvika Sahni told Amar Ujala that this is a good step. Women from the upper class achieve their goals but women from poor communities cannot achieve their goals. By getting a reservation, he will be able to reach his desired destination.
Malvika Sahni said the Bharatiya Janata Party should not have the misconception that by passing the Women’s Reservation Bill, it will gain control in Delhi. He said that Arvind Kejriwal is concerned about the happiness, convenience and safety of women. She has worked to empower women with the help of various free programs. He has taken care of women safety by installing marshals in buses, panic buttons and cameras at various places, therefore the women of Delhi will stay with Arvind Kejriwal.
More than 50 percent of women were nominated
But it is also true that in the recently concluded municipal corporation elections, both BJP and Aam Aadmi Party fielded more than 50 per cent women candidates. By law, all parties were required to give tickets to 125 women candidates in the 250-member Delhi Municipal Corporation, but both major parties went ahead and fielded about 130 women candidates.
