According to the World Bank, in 2021 the proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments was at a disappointing 14 per cent. The highest proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in 2021 was 61 per cent in Rwanda.

The North Mumbai district working president Khan wrote in the letter that she wishes to chant namaz, hanuman chalisa, namokar mantra, guru granth sahib and others outside Modi’s residence at Lok Kalyan Marg.

Did you know that Brinda Karat acted in the 2005 film Amu, which was directed by her niece Shonali Bose?

Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) Member of Legislative Council (MLC) K Kavitha is the daughter of the state’s Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and his wife Shobha. Kavitha joined active politics in 2014.

Sita Soren is the elected member of the legislative assembly from the Jama constituency.

S Phangnon Konyak joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2017.

The 46-year-old Dr Baljit Kaur has been a practising eye surgeon for quite some time now and is also a mother to two children.

The letter also mentioned that the words used by the politician Ashish Shelar “insulted her and all women.”

Priyanka Gandhi while making the announcement said that earlier the allocation was decided on 50 percent but after discussion, it was brought down to 40 percent.

Mamata Banerjee is all set to contest elections from Nandigram between April- May 2021.