Welfare schemes win female voters but fail to boost women in politics
After a disappointing performance in Maharashtra in the June Lok Sabha election, the prospects were bleak for the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance in the Assembly election in November. The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) had won only 17 of the 48 seats, down 24 from its 2019 tally, while the Congress-led INDIA coalition won 30. However, […]