Seeking 50 per cent representation for women in parliament and other places, a National Women’s Party was launched in Delhi on Tuesday.
Party’s national President Swetha Shetty while announcing the launch, said that “In a male-dominated political system, an all women’s party is important. Women and their issues are only raised during the mother’s day, the women’s day or during the election time. NWP will be a platform for women to raise their voices.”
The party, which started its ground work in 2012, was launched with the aim of getting 50 per cent reservation for women candidates in the Lok Sabha Election, said Shetty, adding they have applied for registration with the Election Commission.
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With no prominent names to mention, the party claimed it has the support of 1.45 lakh women members of Hyderabad-based Telangana Mahila Samiti, “and their numbers are persistently increasing across India”.
A doctor by profession, 36-year-old Shetty also heads an NGO in Telangana where she realised “the acute need to be a part of the system to bring the change”.
Shetty said the party will contest the 2019 Lok Sabha elections and will support and seek backing from like-minded parties.
