Hindi, English, Urdu and Punjabi for road signs. Thats a lot. Oh well, politicians need votes from everyone.
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The women’s reservation bill forces 1/3 of parliamentary (and assembly) seats to be vacated every election for women candidates. Many entrenched and incumbent candidates will find themselves without a seat during this process.
Its not being talked about very much — but this is beneficial for party high commands — they can look at seat allocation afresh without feeling too beholden to the incumbent. In previous elections it was difficult to replace the incumbent unless performance was really dreadful. Many incumbents still got tickets because they had too many IOUs pending with the party. This made it difficult to replace average candidates for fear of “bad blood.”
This bill shifts the power away from the MPs in favor of the party leadership. Many MPs will fall by the wayside conveniently when a constituency becomes reserved for women.
No wonder the Congress, Communist and BJP leadership loves this bill.
Proof that Abortion is not such a big issue in our culture is this (slightly blatant) advertisement. Could something like this fly in the USA?
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Do you want a baby? This place caters to all categories of patients
Abortion: Don’t want it
Delivery: Moot Point
Infertility: Want it
“If you commit a murder in India…there is usually 1 inspector. If you open a business, probably 30.”
– Attributed to V.K. Seth, Professor at Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi University
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