Nidhi Razdan: What makes Mahua Moitra so special in India?

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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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