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‘Be a girlfriend or have godfather for political career’

Tumakuru: Former Minister Leeladevi R. Prasad yesterday said that women should either have godfathers or become girlfriends to scale heights in politics. “I’ve seen all parties and leaders. They all are alike,”…

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Published October 1, 2018 · 1 min read
‘be a girlfriend or have godfa

Tumakuru: Former Minister Leeladevi R. Prasad yesterday said that women should either have godfathers or become girlfriends to scale heights in politics. “I’ve seen all parties and leaders. They all are alike,” she said at an interaction prog. here.

“Though I had helped 8 leaders get tickets to contest Assembly polls, it took 40 years for me to make it to the Vidhana Soudha. When I wanted to contest from a Bengaluru constituency, I was denied the ticket. I was also told to search a constituency,” she charged.

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