[Reader-list] Question regarding women's reservation bill

Sat Mar 13 18:15:36 IST 2010

Dear Mr Kaul,
               There seems to be a pre-conceived notion that our women-folks don't have minds of their own and they would do whatever their husbands, fathers, brothers ask them to to do as Laluji has said "If I aske Rabri to vote in a particular way, is she going to do it differently?".
This may be true to some extent or for some time but is likely to change with time.
Regards,

(A.K.MALIK)


--- On Sat, 3/13/10, Kshmendra Kaul <kshmendra2005 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Kshmendra Kaul <kshmendra2005 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Reader-list] Question regarding women's reservation bill
> To: "Rakesh Iyer" <rakesh.rnbdj at gmail.com>, "TaraPrakash" <taraprakash at gmail.com>, "Rahul Asthana" <rahul_capri at yahoo.com>
> Cc: "Sarai Reader List" <reader-list at sarai.net>
> Date: Saturday, March 13, 2010, 4:51 PM
> See article below
>  
> Family equations will change at places.
>  
> "Always in the family" seats, hitherto won by the menfolk
> will identify prospective candidates from amongst:
>  
> - Wife, Wives, Daughters, Sisters, Mother(s)
> - Daughter(s)-In-Law, Sister(s)-In-Law, Mother(s)-In-Law
>  
> KK
>  
> "Lawmakers seek wives in bid to safeguard seats"
> (Women's Reservation Bill prompts rethink)
>  
> By Lata Rani, Correspondent
> Published: 00:00 March 13, 2010 
>  
> Patna : The contentious Women's Reservation Bill which
> seeks to provide 33 per cent of seats for women in the Lok
> Sabha and state assemblies has brought an immediate
> realisation to dozens of bachelor lawmakers in Bihar —
> they need to get married soon.
>  
> The desire for wives has been sparked by fears that under
> the new law, bachelor lawmakers could lose their "family"
> seats if they are declared reserved for women.
>  
> Political experts say Bihar could be the first state in
> India to be impacted by the bill if it is passed by both
> Houses of the Parliament. The bill has been passed by Rajya
> Sabha, the upper house, but it is yet to pass the lower
> house.
>  
> Significantly, state assembly elections in this eastern
> Indian state are scheduled later this year.
>  
> Although the five-year tenure of the ruling National
> Democratic Alliance government in Bihar expires on November
> 24, indications are that elections could be advanced.
>  
>  
> Party meeting
>  
> The chief minister Nitish Kumar, at a party meeting in
> Patna on Thursday, asked his party to get ready for polls
> which could be announced anytime.
>  
> "Now, I will have to marry soon. There is no way out for
> bachelor legislators like me," independent legislator
> Haribhushan Thakur Bachaul said.
>  
> "Who will represent my seat if it was reserved for a woman?
> But if I am married, I can, at least, field my wife for that
> seat and keep it in my family," Another legislator Narendra
> Singh added: "I have nursed my constituency so assiduously
> and was elected to state assembly on my own strengths but I,
> too, am quite apprehensive about my seat."
>  
> He also says he will search for a bride so he can lay claim
> to the seat if it becomes reserved.
>  
>  
> Lawmaker couples
>  
> The bachelor legislators, however, could take their cue
> from a number of lawmaker couples.
> Former Indian Federal Minister and Lok Sabha member Lalu
> Prasad's wife Rabri Devi is member of the Bihar assembly.
>  
> Others like Kausal Yadav and Raju Singh are lawmakers along
> with their wives in the assembly.
>  
> At present, the total number of elected women lawmakers in
> Bihar is 25 with a maximum of 12 women getting elected on
> the ruling Janata Dal (United) tickets.
>  
> But once the bill comes into force, the number of seats to
> be reserved for women in the assembly will go up to 83.
>  
>  
> http://gulfnews.com/news/world/india/lawmakers-seek-wives-in-bid-to-safeguard-seats-1.596078
> 
> 
> --- On Thu, 3/11/10, Rahul Asthana <rahul_capri at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> 
> 
> From: Rahul Asthana <rahul_capri at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Reader-list] Question regarding women's
> reservation bill
> To: "Rakesh Iyer" <rakesh.rnbdj at gmail.com>,
> "TaraPrakash" <taraprakash at gmail.com>
> Cc: "Kshmendra Kaul" <kshmendra2005 at yahoo.com>,
> "Sarai Reader List" <reader-list at sarai.net>
> Date: Thursday, March 11, 2010, 11:26 PM
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Hi Taraprakash,
> Besides the point made by Rakesh, my biggest problem with
> this scheme is the uncertainty involved about the next
> ticket. I do not have anything against reservation per se.
> Actually I do not like Madhu Kishwar's scheme either. Fixed
> constituencies are the best way forward, IMHO of
> course.Also, this is a very non trivial change that can
> potentially shake the very foundations of democracy. Hence I
> do not believe that experiment as you go is an option here.
> Maybe all parties can iron out the kinks.We should have more
> debate on this.
> Thanks
> Rahul
>  
> 
> 
> 
> From: Rakesh Iyer <rakesh.rnbdj at gmail.com>
> To: TaraPrakash <taraprakash at gmail.com>
> Cc: Rahul Asthana <rahul_capri at yahoo.com>;
> Kshmendra Kaul <kshmendra2005 at yahoo.com>;
> Sarai Reader List <reader-list at sarai.net>
> Sent: Thu, March 11, 2010 12:08:23 PM
> Subject: Re: [Reader-list] Question regarding women's
> reservation bill
> 
> Dear Taraprakash
> 
> It is very easy to say that one should contest as an
> independent candidate. If you really wish to know how
> elections are played like a drama, please read P.Sainath on
> www.indiatogether.org, for Maharashtra elections in 2009
> (both Lok Sabha and assembly). Read on how millions were
> spent in the name of publicity by the candidates which were
> never accounted for, and in what great ways. An independent
> candidate will never be able to do that, unless of course
> he/she is corrupt. 
> 
> Indian democracy is a joke, not a democracy please! Even
> the elections are manipulated like anything. From media
> management to distributing sarees before the public, our
> democracy is indeed a joke. And when all of us are to blame
> for it, where can we hide at all?
> 
> Rakesh
> 
> 
> 
> 
>       
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