Vijayawada, April 17 -- Telugu Desam Party spokesperson and MLA Gouthu Sireesha strongly countered allegations made by YSRCP leaders regarding the state government's track record on women's empowerment, describing their recent remarks as an attempt to distract from their own poor record on women's issues.
Speaking to the media on Friday, Sireesha said the timing of the criticism was ironic. While women across India, regardless of party, community or religion, were celebrating Parliament's move toward 33% reservation for women in legislatures, YSRCP leaders had chosen to attack the TDP led coalition government. whose core mission was empowering women.
She referred to former minister Vidadala Rajini's press meet earlier in the day, in which...