The neo liberal policies adopted by the Congress – led UPA government have led to a huge discontent amongst ordinary people. The poorer, more disadvantaged sections have especially suffered its worst consequences. This anger is paving the way for the resurgence of communal politics. While there is an obvious need for an alternative, can the Bharatiya Janata Party, backed by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and its ‘Hindutva” brigade, under the leadership of Narendra Modi as its PM candidate, provide any kind of solution? The BJP ruled states are equally “models” of a neo liberal development paradigm. The women living in these states are at the receiving end of economic policies that marginalize them, and also of a reactionary, patriarchal ideology that undermines their fundamental right to equality and social justice. Concerted attempts are being made by the corporate sector and its handmaidens in certain sections of the media to whitewash these dimensions of the BJP in power.
The experience of one year of Modi Sarkar has made it very clear that women, especially poor women and women belonging to minority, dalit and adivasi communities, are its special targets, bearing the…
A delegation of the AIDWA visited Saadatganj village in Badaun District of UP where the horrible incident of ga
WOMEN: Against Imperialism. Against neo-liberalism. Against fundamentalism. For socialism
It is well known and documented across the globe that working class women and women of the working poor in rural areas have been the worst victims of neo-liberal policies and imperialist…
