Rahul Gandhi proposes 50% quota for women in govt jobs

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi stated on Friday that his party would allocate 50 percent of government jobs to women if elected to power. Emphasizing that empowered women can alter the nation’s fate, he questioned why currently only one in three women is employed and why there is just one woman in every ten government positions.

“Isn’t the population of women in India 50 per cent? Is the presence of women in higher secondary and higher education not 50 per cent? If so, then why is their share in the system so low. Congress wants, ‘Aadhi Abaadi Poora Haq’, we understand that women’s potential will be fully utilised only when women have equal contribution in the government running the country,” he said in a post in Hindi on X. ‘Therefore, the Congress has decided that half the recruitment for all new government jobs should be reserved for women, ” he added.

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“We are also in favour of the immediate implementation of women’s reservation in Parliament and in assemblies,” Gandhi said.
He also mentioned that women who possess a secure income, a stable future, and self-respect will indeed become the pillars of society.
“Having women in 50 per cent of government posts will give strength to every woman in the country and powerful women will change the destiny of India,” the Wayanad MP said.