Tag: CEC

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sushil Chandra on Saturday lamented the lack of representation of women in Parliament, saying there has been an increase in the number of women participating in the election process in recent years. He also expressed his concern over the time that is wasted in parliament due to disruptions and called it wrong for democracy. Chandra had arrived at an event in Delhi to present the Sansad Ratna Award. While addressing the program, he said that there were 15 women MPs in the first Lok Sabha and there are 78 women in the 17th Lok Sabha. He said progress has been made, but improvements are still needed. "We need to make our Parliament very inclusive," he said. Chandra also said that our Constitution of India guarantees one-third reservation for women in lo...