Only Six Women Made It To Assembly In Telangana Polls 2018

Hyderabad: The representation of women in the 119-member Telangana Assembly has dropped to 5 per cent against the 7.5 per cent in the dissolved House.

Only six women have made it to the Assembly in the elections held on December 7. There were nine members in the previous Assembly from 2014.

Three women candidates each of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and Congress were elected this time. Three of them come from tribal communities.

Padma Devender Reddy, who was Deputy Speaker in the dissolved House, has been re-elected from Medak constituency.

TRS candidate for Khanapur Assembly constituency Rekha Naik a tribal and Gongidi Sunitha Reddy from Alair also retained their seats.

The Congress party's D. Anasuya defeated Minister Azmeera Chandulal from Mulug constituency (reserved for Scheduled Tribe).

Former Minister in undivided Andhra Pradesh Sabitha Indra Reddy was also elected from Maheshwaram.

B. Haripriya of the Telugu Desam party was elected from Yellandu.

Congress had fielded 11 women candidates and eight of them including former Ministers J. Geetha Reddy, D.K. Aruna, Sunitha Laxma Reddy and Konda Surekha who were defeated this time.

The TRS, which came under criticism for not giving representation to women in the previous cabinet, had fielded only four women candidates.(IANS)

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