Women issues and response of major national political parties in general elections 2014: An overview

Pages: 1980-1984
Lalit Kumar (Department of Political Science, BUC College, Batala, Gurdaspur, Punjab)

The political parties organised number of programmes, activities and raise numbers issues related with both men and women. They made number of promises during election seasons for all sections of society including women such as women reservation in legislatures at national as well as state level, women empowerment, women safety, sexual abuse, violence against women and female foeticide, etc. These issues find place in election manifestos of political parties to attract the electorates. The paper tries to examine the role of political parties for development and upliftment of women. Further, the study also analyses are these issues influence electorates choice?