Kritika
@kritikajuneja98 · 4:13
Matrilineal but still patriarchal: Meghalya women yearn for control in politics.
This skewed equation is reflected in the number of women elected in the 2018 and 2013 assemblies. There were four women legislators and in 2008 the figure was one. Women who comprise about half the state's projected population of 38 lag are hoping this will change. Trying to recapture its lost glory, the congress has taken the lead and fielded ten women. Our party gives due representation to women and this has also stood other parties in Megalia, more than half the population comprises women