National Women's Party instigated to stimulate women participation; Swetha Shetty to chair as party president

 

 

New Delhi, December 18: With the objective to ensure 50 percent representation of women in parliament and other sectors, a 'National Women's Party' was launched today in the national capital. "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.", said the party president Swetha Shetty.

 

This particular foundation of the NWP is said to be inspired by the decades old National Women's Party in the United States. The party, which started its groundwork in 2012, was launched with the aim of getting 50 per cent reservation for women candidates in the Lok Sabha Election, she said informing that the party have applied for registration with the Election Commission. “We won't be quiet until we see that women are represented equally in the Parliament.”, she confirmed.

 

"I wanted to make a national movement. To serve the original purpose women need higher commitment from the governing body. We need higher participation in the parliament to amend the laws for women welfare and progress," she asserted further.

 

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. She also said the party will contest the 2019 Lok Sabha elections and will support and seek backing from like-minded parties. She said that the party also welcomes political support from men, if they agree with our ideology.

 

According to Shetty, even in 2018 women rights are avoided. She further invite all the women to join the party, it being a platform to improve the condition of women in present time. A doctor by profession, 36-year-old Shetty also heads an NGO in Telangana where she realised that there is acute need to be a part of the system to bring the change.