13 women set to enter Haryana assembly, highest number ever

October 19, 2014 21:35

For the first time in Haryana, known for its skewed sex ratio, 13 women will enter the state Assembly out of 116 women candidates who contested the polls.

BJP, which got the majority, has given the maximum eight women candidates to the 90-member Haryana Assembly.

Congress has three women candidates declared as winners while INLD and HJC have one each. Among the sitting women MLAs who were re-elected include Congress ministers Geeta Bhukkal and Kiran Choudhary, Renuka Bishnoi (HJC-BL), Shakuntla Khatak (Congress) and Kavita Jain (BJP).

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