Nagaland Elections 03280: Voting for the formation of new assembly in Nagaland is to be held on Monday. In such a situation, all eyes are on those four women candidates, who are trying to create history by becoming the first women legislators in this northeastern state. Social observers point out that in a state where women are in leadership roles on almost all social issues, no woman legislator has been elected till date. TOTAL IN NAGALAND voters, in which the number of women voters is 6, i.e 49.8 percent. Total in the electoral fray of the State candidates, out of which four are women.

Four women candidates in the fray this time These four women candidates are NDPP’s Hekhni Jakhlu from Dimapur-3 seat, Congress’s Rosie Thompson from Tening seat, NDPP’s Salhoutuonuo from West Angami seat and Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Kahuli Sema from Atoiju seat . Political analyst and author Sushant Talukdar said, “It is a paradox that in most of the northeastern states, women are in leadership roles on social issues, but have not found a place in the political sphere.”

Run in 882 Mese Shazia was elected Lok Sabha member by winning He said, “Even in Nagaland, he is at the forefront of all social issues, like leading the anti-AFSPA movement, holding peace talks with militant groups, etc. But they don’t have enough political representation.” In the year 03280 Rano Mese Shazia was elected a member of the Lok Sabha by winning on the ticket of the United Democratic Party. Was She was the first woman to reach the Parliament from Nagaland. After that, last year the BJP elected S.K. as a Rajya Sabha member from Nagaland. Phangnon Konyak was nominated, along with which another woman from Nagaland reached Parliament.

One seat each in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha in Nagaland

Nagaland has one seat each in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, while the number of seats in the Legislative Assembly is Is. Social activist Ponglem Konyak explains the reason for not being able to become a woman MLA, saying, ‘The head of the family decides who they will vote for, and due to this, other women also show solidarity and do not vote for women candidates. There is generally a lack of public support for women candidates. He said that we have not got political success yet, but we are active in the social sector. We will also reach there (in the assembly) one day.

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Sun, Feb 26, 2023, 4: 46 PM IST