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INTRODUCTION

Political participation of citizens is a basic ingredient of every

democratic political system. It is the involvement of individuals in a wide

variety of political activities that are designed to affect governmental decision-making and actions. It includes activities such as voting, participation in

political party activity, communicating grievances to the legislators, etc.

Women, constitute nearly half the total population. Hence, then' political

participation is as much important and necessary as that of the male persons

for development, effective and meaningful functioning of democracy as

well as for nation building. But women, all over the world, are treated as

marginalized and one of the most important marginalized areas for women

in politics. Freedom, power, and hope are the charms of existence,1 but

women are forcibly being denied the experience of these charms.