K Kavitha’s hunger strike begins at Jantar Mantar

K Kavitha’s hunger strike | Delhi/Hyderabad, March 10: CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury inaugurated the day-long hunger strike at Jantar Mantar in Delhi on Friday to press the Modi government to pass the Women’s, Reservation Bill.

27 years later, Women’s Reservation Bill still continues to be absent from the Parliament.

Together, we will ensure that 33% Women’s Reservation Bill is a reality.

I thank @cpimspeak & @SitaramYechury Ji for joining this movement today. https://t.co/5W4J35SWnE pic.twitter.com/l0KVM9LMo5

— Kavitha Kalvakuntla (@RaoKavitha) March 10, 2023

Organized by Bharat Jagriti Samithi Chief Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC K Kavitha daughter of BRS Supremo and Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao is sitting on a day-long hunger strike at Jantar Mantar in Delhi to press the Modi government to pass the Women’s Reservation Bill.

On the death anniversary of social reformer & pioneer of India’s first feminist movement, Savitribai Phule Ji, the women of India, once again come together demanding right to fair representation in the legislative discourse.
Today at Jantar Mantar for Women’s Reservation Bill. https://t.co/xBAaae3SDM pic.twitter.com/6YL17sR0y6

— Kavitha Kalvakuntla (@RaoKavitha) March 10, 2023

The hunger strike is organised by her NGO Bharat Jagriti, Kavitha had earlier said, adding, all political parties have been invited to join it.

K Kavitha’s hunger strike

Parties that are attending Kavitha’s dharna at Jantar Mantar are BRS, AAP ( Sanjay Singh and Chitra Sarwara), Shiv Sena, Akali Dal (Naresh Gujral), PDP (Anjum Javed Mirza), National Conference (Dr. Shami Firdous), Trinamool Congress (Sushmita Dev), Janata Dal-United (KC Tyagi), NCP (Dr. Seema Malik), CPI (Narayana K), CPM (Sitaram Yechury), Samajwadi Party (Pooja Shukla), RLD (Shyam Rajak) and MP Kapil Sibal

Earlier, while addressing to the media, MLC K Kavitha, who is facing the ED in the Delhi liquor policy case, said the bill has been lying in cold storage since 2010 and the Modi government has a historic opportunity to get it passed in Parliament before 2024.

“About 500-600 members will sit on a hunger strike, but the attendance will be much more. More than 6,000 people and 18 political parties have confirmed their participation,” she said.

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