Priyanka’s master stroke in UP
Priyanka Gandhi said two big things in Lucknow. First that(Ladki hoon Lad Sakti Hoon) I am a girl and can fight and secondly it was more important that Congress will give 40 percent ticket to women in Uttar Pradesh.
Opponents of Congress say that Priyanka can announce to give tickets to 40 percent women in Uttar Pradesh because Congress is not there. When you have to lose, only women should be given tickets.
Priyanka Gandhi said two big things in Lucknow. First that(Ladki hoon Lad Sakti Hoon) I am a girl and can fight and secondly it was more important that Congress will give 40 percent ticket to women in Uttar Pradesh. And with this, Priyanka decided the agenda of the upcoming politics of the country along with Uttar Pradesh. The agenda of the country’s politics is because even now elections are fought on the basis of caste and creed. In such a situation, talking about half the population of the country is nothing less than a game changer.
Obviously, this is expected to make the politics of Uttar Pradesh very interesting because when 40 percent of the tickets will be given to women, the Chief Minister should also be a woman. So will that face be of Priyanka? There are many interesting questions that are yet to be answered.
I am calling Priyanka’s point a game changer because in Uttar Pradesh, SP plays Yadav Muslim card, BSP plays Dalit and Brahmin card, BJP plays the Prime Minister’s backward caste ie OBC card and Yogi is Rajput. Even the former governor of Uttarakhand Baby Rani Maurya has now started writing Jatav in front of her name in the posters, that is, Dalit card has also been added to it. In such a situation, there is bound to be a question on how much Priyanka’s female card will last.
But it is also true that in West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee’s women’s card went well and women did not like the Prime Minister’s Didi O Didi. They felt that this was an insult to their didi and in response to this, women voted for Didi in large numbers. In fact, it is that large section of voters that political parties forget.
Not only in Bengal but also in Bihar, women vote in large numbers for Nitish Kumar because they are in favor of prohibition. Same is the case with Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. Even in Gujarat, when Narendra Modi was the Chief Minister, he had immense support of women. And what to do about Indira Gandhi, she used to get the support of the women of the whole country. Indira or Nehru’s daughter or Durga in the north and Indiramma in the south, the country has also been a witness to their popularity.
When the Lok Sabha elections were held in 2004, Sonia Gandhi, on her own strength, brought the Congress to that number, due to which the government was formed and lasted ten years. Similarly, who can forget Jayalalithaa and her popularity in Tamil Nadu politics. But now back to Priyanka Gandhi. So at least they have to say that the Rajya Sabha has passed the Women’s Reservation Bill in Parliament during the UPA’s tenure and this bill is pending for passage in the Lok Sabha. What is needed is the will power of political parties. With this, 33 percent seats in the Legislative Assembly and Parliament will be reserved for women. But the truth of Indian politics also cannot be denied.
Opponents of Congress say that Priyanka can announce to give tickets to 40 percent women in Uttar Pradesh because Congress is not there. When you have to lose, only women should be given tickets. By the way, it has happened that often political parties field women on weak or losing seats, so that it may be said that we have also given such percentage of tickets to women. The second important thing is whether Priyanka Gandhi will at least be able to free women leaders in Congress from the clutches of sarpanch husband, Pradhanpati, MLA husband and MP husband because still most of the same women have come forward in politics who belong to one or the other political family. come from. They have to face masochism, their characterization is easy.
By the way, for Priyanka, bringing women up in politics is nothing less than a challenge. But it is definitely that Priyanka talked about those half of the population whose voice is suppressed in the house itself. It is said that the journey of thousands of miles is started with one step. Therefore, if Priyanka gives 40 percent of the tickets to women on the basis of their merit, then it will be a game changer of Indian politics in the coming days, that is, it will change the face of politics. . This is the reason why many experts are considering it as Priyanka’s master stroke.
