HYDERABAD: Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao’s daughter and state legislative council member, K Kavitha, on Friday observed a hunger strike at Jantar Mantar in Delhi in support of Women’s Reservation Bill. Kavitha, on Thursday for the first time reached out to the Congress to join her protest. Here are the 10 points you should know:Strike seeking passage of the long-pending Women’s Reservation Bill in the second part of the Budget session of Parliament starting March 13The bill seeks to reserve 33 per cent seats in Lok Sabha and all state legislative assemblies for women.The day-long protest comes a day ahead of her appearance before the Enforcement Directorate in the Delhi excise scam case18 political parties and women’s organisations supporting the bill would join the protest500 people would go on a hunger strike 6,000 people would mark their presence AAP leader Sanjay Singh, RJD’s Shyam Rajak also joined the protest on FridayWith Kavitha’s outreach, this is the first time that a leader from KCR’s inner circle has approached the Congress to join a protestTelangana BJP will organise a ‘Deeksha Mahila GosaBJP Bharosa’ at the state party office in Hyderabad to offset Kavitha’s Delhi protestBJP’s G Kishan Reddy and Bandi Sanjay termed Kavitha’s agitation as a diversionary tactic, while exposing her party’s hypocrisy on women’s representation in Parliament and assemblies.
Source: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/k-kavithas-hunger-strike-in-delhi-10-points/articleshow/98538109.cms
