Political parties pick weak women candidates: Mallikarjun Kharge on Reservation Bill
Women's Reservation bill in the Lok Sabha, Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday said that the ruling BJP government is not giving credit to the Congress as the Bill was already passed in the Rajya Sabha during the previous UPA led government.
«They don't give us credit but I want to bring to their notice that the Women Reservation Bill was already passed in 2010, » Kharge said while addressing the Rajya Sabha.
During the House proceedings, a controversy erupted after Kharge said that all political parties had a habit of choosing weak women as representatives.
«Literacy rate of women from Scheduled Caste is less and that's why political parties have a habit of choosing weak women and they won't choose those who are educated and can fight,» Kharge said.
On Mallikarjun Kharge's statement, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that such remarks are unacceptable.
«We respect the leader of the opposition but to make a sweeping statement that all parties choose women who are not effective is absolutely unacceptable. We all have been empowered by our party, PM.
