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Yet to have a woman legislator
The Telegraph | Dipanjan Sinha | Dimapur/Kohima, Feb. 20:
But every year during elections, one glaring statistic erupts on the Election Commission’s papers as a blot on the praiseworthy scenario. Not a single woman has ever occupied a seat in the state Assembly here. This time, too, there are only two women candidates. Rakhila Lakhiumong is contesting on a BJP ticket from 54 Tuensang Sadar-II while Dr Yangerla will stand as an Independent from Mokokchung.
Rosemary Dzuvichu, adviser to Naga Mothers’ Association put things in perspective. "There are a lot of working women. But we have a rigid traditional system here where women are not in a position of power and decision making. The men use this tradition to keep the women out of power. They would modify and retain according to their convenience. After all, buying and selling of land is prohibited by customary law, but that is not stopping men from buying land all over Nagaland.”'
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