Woman these days is no less than man. She has proved herself to be successful in every field she enters. Presently, every political party wants the votes of women, yet none of them are willing to give adequate share to the fairer sex if one goes by the number of women fielded for Assembly constituencies in the city. It is an ambiguous statement that all parties in principle agree to 33 per cent reservation for women in legislative bodies, few bother to give even a fraction of the ratio of tickets to women. Even though the reservation bill is not yet passed by Parliament, it suggests eight of the 24 Assembly constituencies in GHMC area should be allocated to women. “Though the GHMC may not be taken as unit, going by 33 per cent reservation, each party should give tickets to eight women. But all parties are giving women a raw deal,” remarks Jaya Vindhyala of People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL).Congress and Lok Satta had given chance to three women each in the 2009 Assembly elections. All the Congress women nominees won, while those of Lok Satta lost. If Telugu Desam, BJP and Praja Rajyam (now merged into Congress) gave one ticket each to women, TRS, MIM, MBT, CPI and CPM had the distinction of not giving ticket to even a single woman in the 24 Assembly constituencies. “All parties want women to attend their public meetings in large numbers, but the same enthusiasm is not reflected while ensuring that enough number of women represent their respective parties in the Assembly. It shows their true colours,” Ms. Vindhyala charged.She sees a correlation between increasing atrocities on women and their poor representation in legislative bodies. “It is unfortunate that women are not given adequate representation when they are making rapid strides in all other fields competing with men,” she said.