Women should come up to vote for women in Lok Sabha elections
The nation once again goes to conduct another general election for the 17th Lok Sabha which is going to be the most consequential election in the history of independent India. We, the women of India consider it a crucial battle whose aftermath will remain the same as in last five years. The rate of increasing sexual violence, honor crimes, atrocities against Dalit, Adivasi and minority women, rising unemployment, hunger and relentless price rise is not going to reduce. I hereby wish to draw public attention to the issues that have affected women in recent times. The concerns highlighted above need to become part of the mainstream political agenda in the forthcoming elections and in future government policy to ensure equality and dignity for the women of this country. Women from Dalit and Adivasi communities face structural violence and rape from those who wield enormous social and economic power which is very unjust. Crimes in the name of honor continue and the government fails