Education & political experience help women get party tickets

Mathkari, however, pointed out that kith and kin of corporators have not been given the ticket but due to the 50 per cent reservation for women there was no other option but to rope in the family members. However the elections will be different as efforts have also been made to select some candidates who have no political background and newcomers who have excelled in academics. NCP candidate from panel number 50 - Sadashiv Peth Dhanashree Sasawade is a final year BTech student from Indira Gandhi National Open University. The 22-year-old points out that if politics should not be labelled as a bad word then there is a need for youngsters to join actively. A view that is echoed by BJP's candidate from panel number 11- Gokhale nagar. A gym instructor 25 year old Rajashree Mane has been actively involved in youth movements and is also an office-bearer of the Bhumata brigade.""Youngsters' participation can make a difference in the newly elected body"" she says.

For grassroots workers like Rupali Chakankar, who has been heading several bachat ghats and now contesting on the NCP ticket from panel number 54 - Sinhagad Road it is thanks to the work done in their areas for the last couple of years that has helped them contest the civic elections. Says 29-year-old Chakankar, who is an MBA graduate from Symbiosis,""I handled 149 bachat gats - women's saving groups and have also worked during the Khadakwasla by-elections"" says Chakankar, whose mother-in-law Rukmini was a former corporator.

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