Tag: 33% reservation

Women’s reservation in politics will lead to corruption: Nagaland tribal leaders

Women have no role to play in Nagaland politics, prominent leaders of local tribal outfits insisted on Saturday in the aftermath of violent protests against holding local body polls with 33% reservation for women. “Reservation for women will encourage instability and corruption in our society,” said Vekhosayi Nyekha, co-convener of Joint Coordination Committee (JCC), the […]

Women have no role to play in Nagaland politics, prominent leaders of local tribal outfits insisted on Saturday in the aftermath of violent protests against holding local body polls with 33% reservation for women. “Reservation for women will encourage instability and corruption in our society,” said Vekhosayi Nyekha, co-convener of Joint Coordination Committee (JCC), the […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/02/womens-reservation-in-politics-will-lead-to-corruption-nagaland-tribal-leaders/

Nagaland civic polls: Naga tribes to boycott elections to protest 33% reservation for women

A woman shields herself from the sun with an umbrella as she and others queue to cast their vote at a polling station at Byrnihat, in the Ri-Bhoi district in the eastern Indian state of Meghalaya February 23, 2013. The states of Meghalaya and Nagaland went to the polls to elect members to the state […]

A woman shields herself from the sun with an umbrella as she and others queue to cast their vote at a polling station at Byrnihat, in the Ri-Bhoi district in the eastern Indian state of Meghalaya February 23, 2013. The states of Meghalaya and Nagaland went to the polls to elect members to the state […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/01/nagaland-civic-polls-naga-tribes-to-boycott-elections-to-protest-33-reservation-for-women/