50-Word Edit Naveen Patnaik’s one-third tickets to women can bust ‘winnability’ myth

Naveen Patnaik’s one-third tickets to women can bust ‘winnability’ myth

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PTI Updated: 11 March, 2019 4:32 pm IST

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Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik’s decision to give one-third of his party’s Lok Sabha tickets to women can bust the myth that reservation for women will bring down ‘winnability’. By not waiting for the Women’s Reservation Bill’s passage — which has been hanging for 23 years — Patnaik has launched a bold experiment.

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