When it comes to participation in politics, women are yet to go a long way in India. However, a bunch of women politicians have made their mark in the country’s political landscape, and this year has seen a few of them making news for all the right and wrong reasons too.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a chargesheet against the four so-called upper caste men accused in the Hathras case, wherein a Dalit girl was allegedly gangraped and murdered.
Both houses have passed proposals refusing to take cognisance of any notice from the high court or the Supreme Court, thus reprising earlier disputes between the legislatures of Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu with their respective high courts.
Those behind the #IndiaSupportsCAA campaign, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself, pumped huge sums of money online to gather support for the government as anti-CAA protests swept across the country.