Comments on: India’s women to have more say in politics? http://www.balesblog.com/2010/03/08/india%e2%80%99s-women-to-have-more-say-in-their-countries-politics/ Bales Worldwide Travel Blog Sun, 30 Oct 2011 19:51:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Abhay http://www.balesblog.com/2010/03/08/india%e2%80%99s-women-to-have-more-say-in-their-countries-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-372 Abhay Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:53:39 +0000 http://www.balesblog.com/?p=3434#comment-372 If the tally of all parties which have decided to support the bill is added up, the bill will easily pass. It needs 2/3 majority in each house of national Parliament as well as 2/3 majority in half of state legislatures to pass. The bill will get 80-90% ayes if parties issue whips (mandations to their MPs to vote in a particular way). If whips were not issued, the bill would get considerably less support and not pass. However, the real worry for the government is that with the exit of the parties opposed to this bill, it has a majority of just 1 MP more than the minimum required to rule the country. And they still have to pass the finance bill (regarding which many other allies have publicly issued concerns). Nevertheless I am against this bill. I would support the bill had our Parliament been operating on proportional representation system, but in the first past the post system where an MP is supposed to nurture his/her constituency, this law would kill such an incentive. However if the bill does pass, I would be satisfied with the kind of political progress India's women have been able to make and would congratulate them. If the tally of all parties which have decided to support the bill is added up, the bill will easily pass. It needs 2/3 majority in each house of national Parliament as well as 2/3 majority in half of state legislatures to pass. The bill will get 80-90% ayes if parties issue whips (mandations to their MPs to vote in a particular way). If whips were not issued, the bill would get considerably less support and not pass.

However, the real worry for the government is that with the exit of the parties opposed to this bill, it has a majority of just 1 MP more than the minimum required to rule the country. And they still have to pass the finance bill (regarding which many other allies have publicly issued concerns).

Nevertheless I am against this bill. I would support the bill had our Parliament been operating on proportional representation system, but in the first past the post system where an MP is supposed to nurture his/her constituency, this law would kill such an incentive.

However if the bill does pass, I would be satisfied with the kind of political progress India’s women have been able to make and would congratulate them.

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