Madhya Pradesh Polls 2023: What BJP, Congress promised for the women in poll-bound state

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections 2023: Madhya Pradesh is set to undergo polls on 17 November wherein voters will choose legislators from 230 Assembly constituencies. The counting of votes will take place on 3 December. In Madhya Pradesh, there are 5.6 crore voters in 230 constituencies of Madhya Pradesh.

Of these, 2.88 crore are male voters while 2.72 crore are female voters. A total of 22.36 lakh youths will be voting for the first time. The tenure of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assemblies is set to end in January 2024.

In Madhya Pradesh, there will be a battle between the BJP and the Congress. However, the Congress will also be battling against its partners of INDIA coalition in 92 out of the state's 230 Assembly constituencies. In the 2018 Polls, the Congress party had formed the government in the state under Kamal Nath, its first after 15 years.

But in March 2020, Jyotiraditya Scindia and MLAs loyal to him resigned and crossed over to the BJP bringing down the Kamal Nath-led Congress government after being reduced to a minority and the BJP formed the government, with Shivraj Singh Chouhan returning as chief minister. The BJP manifesto for Madhya Pradesh polls is not released yet. As per FPJ report, National BJP President JP Nadda is expected to unveil the party's manifesto soon.

Meanwhile, as per reports, it is widely anticipated that BJP's manifesto is set to include promises for young, women, and farmers. However, BJP has released many schemes for women in the state. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan introduced several pro-women measures, including reserving 35 percent of government job vacancies for women (excluding forest department) and allocating 50 percent of teaching positions to them.