Maharashtra elections: Only 13 women contesting in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad out of 147 candidates

  • Only 13 women candidates are in the fray in the 11 assembly constituencies in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad out of 147 candidates.
 
  • These 13 women are contesting from eight assembly seats.
 
  • Parvati is the only constituency in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad that will witness a straight fight between two women.
 
  • The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has fielded sitting MLA Madhuri Misal, who is also party’s city unit chief, against Ashwini Kadam of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).
 
  • A BJP leader said there was no discrimination and the party has always supported women.

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