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Here's Why PM Modi's Claim of Women's Empowerment in UP Does Not Hold Up -Santosh Mehrotra

-TheWire.in

Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed recently in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj that the situation of women in the state has bettered under the BJP rule of last seven years, but the numbers say otherwise.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi held forth on women’s empowerment in Uttar Pradesh before a large audience of women in Prayagraj recently. But women’s participation in labour force in Uttar Pradesh is merely 9%; only Bihar is worse at 5%. In fact, 91% of women are out of labour market in Uttar Pradesh as per official data.

To quote the Prime Minister from the same rally, “Pratakshey kim pramanam” or what proof do you need for facts that are evident, he asked, implying that which is visible does not need proof. So in this piece, we delve further into a series of facts relating to the empowerment of women in Uttar Pradesh.

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