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Jaipur: This time, woman power set to propel BJP & Congress

Amid those to get unwillingly divided by these invisible lines are also women voters, whose core issues are sidelined by other issues.

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CM Raje with women of the Rajput community and the chemists’ and doctors’ associations in Ajmer.
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Ahead of bypolls, the caste and community divide tends to deepen as politicians attempt to carve out vote bank among these. Amid those to get unwillingly divided by these invisible lines are also women voters, whose core issues are sidelined by other issues.

The by-elections in Rajasthan witness special focus on the women candidates, as either of the parties, attempt to lure the ‘hand that rocks the cradle’ to vote for their candidate. As they advance towards these, the issues of women welfare schemes and rising fuel prices get discussed at a more broader platform.

It is, however, the ruling party BJP that seems to have a more dedicated plan to attract a ‘fair’ share of these voters. The BJP has CM Vasundhara Raje and Suman Sharma, chairperson of state women commission, who have been actively campaigning for party in Alwar and other constituencies.

On Wednesday too, Sharma after attending an event in Jaipur as the women commission chief went to Alwar to hold meetings at Ward 40 of Alwar city. “Caste politics shadows the core issues that concern the women voters, however, we wish to bring their issue to light and convince them through the various welfare schemes that government has done for them,” said Suman Sharma talking to DNA.

She has a list of schemes, such as Rajshree and Bhamashah to appease the women voters. Meanwhile, the Congress too has its own set to attract the women voters.  Congress MLA Shakuntala Rawat has been campaigning for his party in Alwar.  “Women come to my meetings also because I am a woman, where they express their unhappiness towards the government as their expenses have been rising due to inflation,” says Rawat. 

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