Hyderabad: K Kavitha, TRS MP from Nizamabad, said that no political party including TRS gave equal opportunity to woman in Indian politics so far. Unless the woman quota in politics is mandated by either Parliament or Elections Commission, the inequality issue can’t be resolved, she said.
Opposition parties particularly BJP leader G Kishan Reddy has been targeting TRS for not including woman in the state Cabinet. Responding to such criticism, Kavitha said: “I can’t influence my father-chief minister to induct woman into the Cabinet. I don’t hesitate to say that all political parties including TRS have not given an equal space to woman in the Indian politics so far. I am a junior leader of the party and how can I influence or demand my father, who’s with over 40 years of successful political career. If someone wants me to wield my power around my father, I don’t think that works in politics. However, I believe that unless the woman quota is mandated by the constitution, this burning problem can’t be resolve.”
Out of 90 TRS MLAs, only four are woman. TRS’ first term Cabinet during 2014-18 didn’t have any woman participation. Everybody expected that at least second-term Cabinet will have woman. But, recent expansion didn’t have any woman MLA.
Before TRS came to power, your family cried foul on family/dynasty politics. Right now, you and your brother call all the shots in the TRS party and now you are saying that you don’t wield any influence. What a joke!
When you can’t influence your own father to induct one woman into cabinet, you should stop talking about women empowerment on public platforms. It will amount to hypocrisy!