After having the highest number of women MLAs in Haryana13 out of 90 for the first time in 2014, the state’s tally of women winners in the assembly election has dipped by four candidates this time.

INLD leader Abhay Singh Chautala promised a grant of Rs five lakhs for each girl as ‘kanyadaan’ at the time of her marriage. The party has also promised free higher education for girls.

Leading among the states with the worst sex ratio, Haryana, again displays its patriarchal mind-set in the number of women candidates competing in the parliamentary elections. Of the 223 candidates competing for 10 seats, only 11 are women candidates. Of the 1.80 crore registered electors, 83, 40,173 are women. Despite this huge representation of women […]