Women should be given bigger role in policy making: K Kavitha

HYDERABAD: BRS MLC and founder of Bharat Jagruthi Kalvakuntla Kavitha said for the overall development and growth of the country and society, women should be given a bigger role in the policy making by giving more representation in the legislative bodies. She said political parties, especially from the opposition, are in support of the women's reservation bill and it is the Centre which is not taking any initiative to pass the Bill in the parliament.
The Bharat Jagruthi founder and daughter of Telangana CM KCR organised a round table conference in Delhi on Wednesday to discuss the way forward for tabling of the women's reservation bill in the Parliament with over 13 opposition parties and several civil society organisations.

Several MPs from 13 political parties joined the discussion on the way forward for the women’s reservation bill. MLC Kavitha called for greater participation of MPs in the Parliament to ensure that the ruling government makes way for the tabling of the Bill. After holding a protest at Jantar Mantar on March 10, Kavitha held another round of discussions where she said that building pressure on the Centre which has a clear majority for the long-pending women’s reservation Bill is the need of the hour.
The round table was attended by MPs from BRS party, JMM, DMK, RJD, Samajwadi Party, CPI, Shiv Sena, AAP, RLD, RSP (Kerala), CPM, VCK Party, Azad Samaj Party, farmer union leaders, women’s organisations and students.

Rajya Sabha MP, Priyanka Chaturvedi said that ‘when the makers of Indian Constitution could ensure that women were given an equal right to vote, why the Centre cannot table the women’s reservation bill to ensure greater participation of women in legislative affairs.
RJD MP Prof Manoj Jha said ‘we stand in solidarity of the Bill. We must look for reservation within reservation. We must have a strategy whereby issues are raised in parliament as well as outside, mass movement on the road brings the parliament on its knees.’

CPI MP and senior leader Binoy Biswam said the patriarchal tendencies have come in the way of the women’s reservation bill. The right of the women, at this stage in the 21st century was denied even on matters of giving birth, and even with respect in the Parliament.
Rajya Sabha MP from Aam Aadmi Party, Raghav Chaddha extended support to MLC Kavitha’s initiative demanding the reservation to women.