Delhi Confidential: Privacy Factor

At the all-party gathering convened by the authorities connected Thursday, NCP(SP)’s Rajya Sabha MP Fauzia Khan raised an contented which was precise antithetic from the others. She said the operation of the caller Parliament gathering was “not astatine each women-friendly and gender-sensitive”. The MP pointed retired that the toilets for men and women connected the premises were designed successful specified a mode that they faced each other, ignoring the privateness of women, said sources. Khan besides wanted the authorities to marque abstraction for a crèche and breastfeeding rooms for young mothers successful the caller Parliament building, the sources said.

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At the associated roadshow of AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal and Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav successful Delhi connected Thursday, the erstwhile targeted some the Congress and the BJP, claiming that the 2 parties were contesting the Assembly elections unneurotic and determination was “ILU-ILU” (a Hindi movie opus suggesting romanticist ties) betwixt them. Akhilesh, however, did not remark connected the Congress, targeting lone the BJP and appealing successful enactment of the AAP candidates. The Samajwadi Party, Congress and AAP are constituents of the INDIA bloc, but the second 2 are contesting the Delhi elections separately. The SP, which has an confederation with the Congress successful Uttar Pradesh, has announced its enactment lone for the AAP successful Delhi.