DEHRADUN, March 25 -- With most parties having fielded their candidates from all or some of the five parliamentary constituencies of Uttarakhand, out of the two national parties the Bharatiya Janata Party has fielded one woman candidate while the Congress has fielded all male candidates.
The Pioneer talked to the women members of political parties about their views on the apparently less preference being accorded to women as candidates in the parliamentary elections. A majority of women politicians opined that both big and small political parties talk of women empowerment but do not follow up when it comes to when it comes to acting in support of their views. Further, the women too seem to take limited interest in this.
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