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When the Women’s Reservation Bill reached Parliament in 2023, all political parties across length and breadth supported the idea. However, the yet-to-be implemented Constitution (128th Amendment) Act finds little reflection on the ground, even for the 2025 Bihar assembly election.

Since the passage of the Bill, India has seen several elections. Yet, the parties that spoke at length about increasing women’s representation in assemblies and the Lok Sabha failed to act on the ground. The case is true for Bihar also, where women make up nearly half the voters but remain just a tenth of the candidates.

In the next two weeks, the fate of political parties in Bihar will be decided. Yet, women appear to be the clear losers in this election too.

For the 243 seats in

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