THE WOMEN FACTOR-HOW JJP’s HARI CHUNARI CHAUPAL WILL BE A GAME CHANGER
THE WOMEN FACTOR-HOW JJP’s HARI CHUNARI CHAUPAL WILL BE A GAME CHANGER The most heartening sight around the Haryana before General & assembly election is large number of women participation in Hari chunari chaupal organized by Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) workers and addressed by Smt. Naina Chautala, MLA. Long queues and participation in large number signals women eagerness to participate in dethroning current political set up. Why women will decide who will rule: Current electoral statistics can surprise us all & of course pose a major reason of worry for current political set up. In 1962, the turnout of women was only 47 percent (of the total female electorate), yet by 2014, it had shot up to 66 percent-up by nearly 19 percentage points. On the other hand, men’s turnout grew by only 5 percent over the same period. In 1962, women’s turnout was 15 per cent lower than men’s turnout; but by2014 women’s turnout had almost reached parity with men, short by only 1.