Kavitha promises to do more to advance the cause of gender parity in the workplace.

Party leaders from the CPI(M), NCP, National Conference, and others attended Kavitha's one-day hunger strike at Jantar Mantar in Delhi.

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Takes in a one-day hunger strike at Jantar Mantar in Delhi, with support from several political parties and prominent figures like CPI(M) senior Sitaram Yechuri, the Nationalist Congress Party, and the National Conference.

Pokes fun at the BJP for ignoring the growing call for women's quotas in legislative bodies.

BJP leaders are called into question for ignoring the issue despite having a two-thirds majority in both houses to pass the Bill.

Addressing the fasters, she poked fun at the BJP for ignoring the growing call for women's quotas in legislative bodies. She questioned the BJP's leadership, asking why it had yet to take up the issue despite having a sufficient majority in both Houses to pass the Bill. The BR's leader said, "If BJP comes forward, all the other parties will toe the same line on the Women's Reservation Bill in Parliament," referencing the fact that the Bill has been pending for decades but that no ruling party is committed to bringing in legislation for empowering women in politics at this time.

Ministers of state like Sabitha Indra Reddy and Satyawathi Rathod, along with members of parliament like Ravichandran and K. Venkatesham, took part in the fast.