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'If Sonia can do it, why not my wife?'
Updated On: 06 September, 2011 07:18 AM IST | | Varun Singh and Rane Ashish
After BMC mandated 50% reservation for women, corporators losing their seats are fielding their wives from their constituency; one of them cites Congress chief Sonia Gandhi as the one who started the trend
After BMC mandated 50% reservation for women, corporators losingu00a0their seats are fielding their wives from their constituency; one of them cites Congress chief Sonia Gandhi as the one who started the trend
Inherited seats are quite the norm in our democracy, running right down from the ruling party's chief, as some officials are quick to point.
So when the BMC decided on 50 per cent reservation for women, you probably guessed that men who lose their seats would make the wife contest. And right you are.
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