CPI(ML) launches women-centric campaign in Bihar

CPI(ML) Liberation, in collaboration with All India Progressive Women’s Association (AIPWA), has launched a State-wide Women’s Campaign Brigade to mobilize women voters under the slogan “”.badlo sarkar, badlo Bihar”(change the government, transform Bihar).

The women-centric campaign will be held in 20 constituencies where the CPI(ML) aims to highlight issues affecting women, including gender-based violence, microfinance debt and exploitation of scheme workers like ASHAs and Jeevika workers.

To oppose the government. narrative

It aims to disrupt the ruling coalition’s narrative on women empowerment by highlighting the Bihar government’s policies. Mukhyamantri Mahila Rozgar Yojana Under this, a one-time financial assistance of ₹ 10,000 was given to eligible women. The party called it a “fraud policy” aimed at misleading voters. It came to the fore with slogans such as ‘.das hazaar nahi, rojgar chahiye” (We demand employment, not ₹10,000).

CPI(ML) Politburo member and AIPWA General Secretary Meena Tiwari, who is leading a team in Tarari constituency, criticized the BJP for fielding leaders like former Lok Sabha MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. Mr Singh faces allegations of sexual harassment.

“As the BJP brings such numbers to the campaign, our brigade is building on the courage and resilience of the women of Bihar,” he said.