Mahila Congress chief Shobha Oza told reporters that she has already forwarded names of 30 eligible women leaders to the high command. All the these candidates are new faces. One of the candidates, Mahila Congress has recommended, is for the Naxal-dominated Bastar region in Chhattisgarh.
Oza also said Mahila Congress will send a list of women candidates for all the 545 seats and it is up to the party high command to take a decision.
When he was in charge of Youth Congress and NSUI as General Secretary, the two frontal organisations had got sizeable representation.
Ever since Rahul took charge of Mahila Congress, he has been making remarks giving an indication of his increased focus on ensuring larger presentation to women in party organisation as well as government.
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A highlight of AICC meeting held here last week was Rahul's remarks that he would like to see women chief ministers in 50 per cent of Congress-ruled states as well in the party organisation in the years to come.
Oza, who is also the party spokesperson, said she has sought names of more women leaders from state units of the Mahila Congress so that more and more women could be considered for the Parliamentary polls.
She steered clear of questions on what percentage of women candidates the Mahila Congress was expecting and how much more women candidates the party should field.