Contest polls, win seats,reject reservation

ongratulations to all the political parties for finally passing the Women's Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha. Women are in celebration mode because 33 percent of the seats in legislatures will be reserved for them. The main issue is about having women in legislatures in proportion to their number in the population. But to begin with, only 181 will be the number of women representatives in the 543-member Parliament. So the fair species will fight against men in general category and ST/SC seats and contest rotating constituencies against fellow women.
But personally, I am not entirely happy with the present situation. All this hullabaloo over giving 33 percent of seats in Parliament and state assemblies to women is uncalled for. How radically different will the country be when it is represented by 350 men 181 women instead of just a sprinkling of women as is the case now? I can't really believe that things are going to be transformed suddenly. Also, a male MP nursing his constituency carefully for years would unnecessarily be chucked out suddenly to make way for women under the new law. This will undoubtedly be unfair to the few men, who have really worked their bones off in the interest of their constituency. Also, as constituencies are reserved for women, they will be competing against other women.
This is a glaring example of how the politicians can promote a deserving cause in an undeserving way. Time and again, women have been advised against contesting elections because they hardly have any chance of winning them. Instead of helping them to develop their potential, the new bill has been brought in as a favour to them. Should women accept such protected space, where men are kept away by law? Or should they fight it out? Will it be fair for women to live on reservation? Should she accept something she can't earn?
No sensible person can deny that there should be more women in legislatures. The country's present 10 percent female strength is embarrassing. How should we boost the tally? What is the best way? There are ways to do it without amending the Constitution. We can have additional seats only for women. However, this will trouble those who oppose reservations. This will put a stop to the idea of rotation of seats. We can also go for dual constituencies where the other member is a woman. Political parties which believe women are under-represented in legislatures, can amend their party constitution to reserve a certain number of seats for women. Parties field candidates to win. So the number of elected women is bound to go up gradually.