Mysuru: Amidst the promises of 33 per cent reservation for women in Parliament in the election manifestos of both the Congress and BJP comes the news of at least the Election Commission of India giving some importance to women by setting up separate polling stations for them.
The polling stations called ‘Sakhi’ have been set up with the cooperation of SVEEP (Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation) in a bid to encourage more female voters to exercise their franchise. In the Mysuru-Kodagu Lok Sabha Constituency limits 22 ‘Sakhi’ centres have been set up.
