00:00India has 543 Lok Sabha MPs, but only 78 of these are women.
00:10This is despite the fact that increasingly over the last few decades, women voters are
00:15coming out in greater numbers and participating in elections.
00:19This is why political parties are also aggressively wooing them, particularly the BJP with all
00:24its schemes.
00:25But are they doing enough to actually give them representation?
00:29Over the next few weeks, as we count down to the 2024 general election, we're going
00:33to profile some prominent women politicians from across political parties.
00:37Today, it's Mahua Moitra of the Trinamool Congress.
00:41She's feisty, she's fierce, and very much in the forefront of criticizing the Modi government
00:47at the center.
00:48We'll tell you about her journey from investment banking in the US and the UK to the rough
00:54and tumble of Indian politics.
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