Manipur 2022: Women remain mere voters in electoral politics

Historic Nupi Lan: women’s war. Traditional Mera Paibis: women torchbearers. More women voters than ever. But you would be excused into believing the Manipur election is almost only about men. 

Despite a strong societal presence, Manipur scores extremely low in women representation in electoral politics. The Manipur state assembly never had women legislators beyond single digits (at most two or three). 

This is not the case across all levels of politics, for example. Take the panchayat elections in the municipal areas.