Strong attendance, but women MPs trail in debates:Spoke under 1% overall; just 2.23% participation in discussions

The Nari Shakti Vandan Act is going to become a great opportunity in women’s lives. The path to reaching Parliament is going to become easier. I am not a householder, but I know everything. When PM Modi said this at the ‘Nari Shakti Vandan Sammelan’ program at Vigyan Bhavan in Delhi, the enthusiasm of women across the country, including women of MP, increased. Women have high hopes from the law that makes it easier to reach the Lok Sabha through women’s reservation in politics. However, along with this, questions are also being raised about the performance of the women who are currently representing Madhya Pradesh in the Lok Sabha. Is their voice vocal in Parliament? How much do they participate in House discussions and debates? The answers to these questions are in this report… What is the Nari Shakti Vandan Act The Nari Shakti Vandan Act provides for 33% reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and all state legislative assemblies. It also includes reservation for women in seats reserved for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. However, it could not be implemented so far due to the incomplete process of census and delimitation. Now the government is preparing to get this bill passed in Parliament and implement it. However, it will first come into effect in the 2029 Lok Sabha elections. After that, it will be implemented at the state level. All women MPs are from BJP, representing MP In the 18th Lok Sabha, Lata Wankhede is the first-time MP from Sagar. Sandhya Rai is the second-time MP from Bhind. Bharti Pardhi has become the first woman MP from Balaghat. Meanwhile, Union Minister Savitri Thakur from Dhar, first-time woman MP Anita Nagar Singh Chauhan from Ratlam, and second-time MP Himadri Singh from Shahdol are included.
All MPs are from BJP only. No woman MP from Congress or any other party is representing Madhya Pradesh. Attendance excellent, but MPs lagged behind in speaking In this Lok Sabha period, a total of 468 hours 7 minutes 2 seconds of discussion took place in 7 sessions, but the participation of women MPs from MP remained limited. The 5 women MPs from MP together did not even speak for two hours. This means that despite excellent attendance, women MPs either did not get the opportunity to speak or they failed to voluntarily put forth their views. They could speak less than 1 percent of the total discussion. Participation in debates also appeared low A total of 4,570 debates were held in 7 sessions. All women MPs from MP together participated in only 2.23% of these. Bharti Pardhi participated the most in debates. Himadri Singh has asked one and a half hundred questions but has had the least participation in debates. Despite good attendance, women MPs have lagged behind in debate participation and putting forth their views. Savitri Thakur is a Union Minister, so her data on debates, discussions or attendance is not recorded in the same way as other MPs.