Sushma asks Rajnath: Why no woman in your new team - Indian Express

Express news service : New Delhi, Thu Apr 25 2013, 09:51 hrs BJP leaders L K Advani, Sushma Swaraj, Rajnath Singh, and JD-U president Sharad Yadav at an NDA meeting in New Delhi. (PTI) In what could be the first serious reservation voiced against BJP president Rajnath Singh's new team, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday said that she has expressed her displeasure over non-inclusion of a woman member in the team of general secretaries, organisationally more influential than other teams where women have been accommodated. "I have expressed my displeasure that you (Rajnath) have not included a woman among general secretaries. This is not good," Swaraj said in lighter vein in the presence of Rajnath while addressing a function organised by the BJP's women's wing at party headquarters on Wednesday. She also cited insufficient representation of women candidates for Karnataka Assembly elections. Swaraj, however, did not fail to acknowledge that it was Rajnath who made 33 per cent women's reservation in organisational posts mandatory in his previous stint as the BJP chief. Addressing after Swaraj, the BJP president sought her cooperation in getting more women candidates for elections, reminding that she was a member of the central election committee that finalises candidates. "I would like to tell Sushmaji that I will need her support to get 33 per cent women candidates in the central election committee," he said. ALSO READ Untouchability continuing in politics, says Narendra Modi Shivraj Singh Chouhan should quit in view of rape cases in MP: Digvijay Short of majority, Congress may invoke rules at JPC meet Nitish Kumar: Need Atal Bihari Vajpayee vision on coalition Please read our terms of use before posting comments TERMS OF USE: The views, opinions and comments posted are your, and are not endorsed by this website. You shall be solely responsible for the comment posted here. The website reserves the right to delete, reject, or otherwise remove any views, opinions and comments posted or part thereof. You shall ensure that the comment is not inflammatory, abusive, derogatory, defamatory &/or obscene, or contain pornographic matter and/or does not constitute hate mail, or violate privacy of any person (s) or breach confidentiality or otherwise is illegal, immoral or contrary to public policy. Nor should it contain anything infringing copyright &/or intellectual property rights of any person(s). via Top Stories - Google News http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFjQHqMekFstMKYO3NRmRr6ygiw-g&url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/sushma-asks-rajnath-why-no-woman-in-your-new-team/1107348/

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