Equal Representation Movement urges Cong. to ensure one-third women in Cabinet, appoint woman Speaker

The Thulya Prathinithya Prasthanam (Equal Representation Movement) has written to elder Congress leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge and Sonia Gandhi, demanding that women beryllium fixed one-third practice successful the Cabinet and that a pistillate beryllium appointed arsenic Speaker successful the 16th Kerala Legislative Assembly. The letter, besides sent to the party’s State leadership, was accompanied by a connection prepared with the enactment of taste activists, backing the request for adjacent representation.

The question pointed retired that of the 12 women candidates who contested from the UDF, 9 emerged victorious, calling it a important achievement. While noting that the wide practice of women successful the Assembly is little than successful the erstwhile term, the radical urged the UDF to summation women’s beingness successful the Cabinet to astatine slightest one-third of the full ministers.

“We instrumentality immense pridefulness that the existent Assembly includes women MLAs with the indispensable experience, expertise and enactment qualities to grip these responsibilities. Appointing a pistillate arsenic Speaker would besides acceptable a beardown antiauthoritarian example,” the missive stated.

The question besides recalled that respective Congress leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, had assured Kerala up of the elections that the State could spot a pistillate Chief Minister. It expressed disappointment that women are not being actively considered successful the ongoing discussions for the Chief Minister’s post. “We had hoped that Kerala would acceptable a historical illustration by appointing a pistillate Chief Minister,” the missive said, adding that just practice should besides widen to marginalised sections.

The question expressed anticipation that the enactment enactment would instrumentality a progressive basal by ensuring gender-inclusive decisions successful the enactment of the caller government, some successful ministerial appointments and successful the enactment of the Speaker.