Lok Sabha MP Kalvakuntla Kavitha (Express File Photo) Lok Sabha MP Kalvakuntla Kavitha (Express File Photo)“Jai Telangana, Jai Andhra.” It took Kalvakuntla Kavitha, the Lok Sabha MP from Nizamabad constituency in neighbouring Telangana and daughter of K Chandrasekhar Rao, the chief minister of India’s newest state, exactly those four words to win the gathering at the National Women’s Parliament. Calling the National Women’s Parliament a “one-of-its-kind” event, Kavitha said that reservation is a right, and not a favour, for women. “First, we have not even got the 33 per cent reservation, and, second, the concept (itself) is flawed. Political parties should give 33 per cent reservation (to women candidates), and not just Parliament,” she told The Indian Express. “When parties give reservation, women will have more chances to get elected.

Source: Indian Express February 12, 2017 12:35 UTC