Patna, April 19 -- Accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies of being "anti-women" and indulging in "hypocrisy" on the issue of women's empowerment, RJD national executive president and leader of opposition in Bihar Assembly, Tejaswi Yadav, today challenged the ruling alliance to release a comparative data on women's participation in politics.

Intensifying the political war over women's reservation, Yadav launched a sharp attack on the BJP-led alliance and defended the track record of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on women's representation.

Citing figures in support of his claims, Yadav said that during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the RJD had given around 29 per cent of its tickets in Bihar to women candidates, the highest amo...