This Article is From May 19, 2016

Puducherry Assembly To Have Women MLAs After 20 Years

Puducherry Assembly To Have Women MLAs After 20 Years

Puducherry assembly will have women legislators with four of them getting elected today.

Highlights

  • Four women legislators elected to Puducherry's assembly
  • The women are among 30 legislators elected to assembly
  • No women were elected to assembly after AIADMK's S Arasi in 1996
Puducherry: After a gap of 20 years, the Puducherry assembly will have women legislators with four of them getting elected today.

V Vizeaveny (Cong - Nettapakkam), Geetha (DMK-Neravy T R Pattinam, B Kobika (AINRC -Thirubuvani) and Chandrapriyanka (AINRC - Neduncadu) were among the 30 legislators elected to the assembly.

No women candidate were elected to the assembly after S Arasi (AIADMK) in 1996.

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