The Madhya Pradesh Panchayat elections have a total of 144,616 candidates for the posts, 53 per cent of the candidates are women with 76,997 female candidates.

Earlier this month, Congress leader Kamal Nath referred to Imarti Devi as an ‘item’ at a political rally in Dabra, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh.

When women occupy powerful positions in traditional patriarchal set ups they are often subjected to misogynistic slurs, abuse and threat. It is an anger and rage which screams how dare her occupy space.