Aviral Virk / Quint
Forty-six percent of the total voters in Bihar are women. The gap between the number of men and women who turned up to vote reduced to three percent in the 2010 state elections. While Nitish may have a first-mover advantage when it comes to wooing the women electorate of Bihar, BJP President Amit Shah is not too far behind in recognising the need to push the Centre’s women-centric schemes.
In effect, both Modi and Nitish may well be competing to capitalise on the single factor that has the potential to cut across Bihar’s myriad caste denominations.
Another reason why the two cannot afford to ignore the female constituency is the fact that more Bihari women than men voted in the last General Elections. 58 percent women voters got inked as opposed to 55 percent men, a first for a predominantly patriarchal society like Bihar. more
Forty-six percent of the total voters in Bihar are women. The gap between the number of men and women who turned up to vote reduced to three percent in the 2010 state elections. While Nitish may have a first-mover advantage when it comes to wooing the women electorate of Bihar, BJP President Amit Shah is not too far behind in recognising the need to push the Centre’s women-centric schemes.
In effect, both Modi and Nitish may well be competing to capitalise on the single factor that has the potential to cut across Bihar’s myriad caste denominations.
Another reason why the two cannot afford to ignore the female constituency is the fact that more Bihari women than men voted in the last General Elections. 58 percent women voters got inked as opposed to 55 percent men, a first for a predominantly patriarchal society like Bihar. more
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