Patna: In a resounding call for gender parity, The Plurals Party (TPP) chief Pushpam Priya Chaudhary has vowed to contest all 243 seats in the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections, fielding a staggering 122 women candidates.
The announcement, shared via a fiery tweet, comes amid intensifying poll buzz, with parties like AAP and Jan Suraaj already unveiling partial lists, while NDA and INDIA alliances haggle over seat shares.
“We’ll fight tooth and nail — and empower women to do the same,” declared Chaudhary, emphasising that TPP’s candidate roster, which will be released soon, will prioritise “idealistic, upright individuals” over criminals or opportunists. “No ticket sales, no compromises — women are our top priority, as promised,” she added, underscoring the party’s commitment despite its 2020 debacle, in which it contested 102 seats, garnered just 0.3% of the votes (122,997 total), and forfeited deposits, including Chaudhary’s own from Bankipur and Bisfi, where she polled a mere 1,509 votes.
Hailing from Darbhanga, 39-year-old Chaudhary has a formidable political lineage: her late father, Vinod Chaudhary, was a JD(U) MLC; her grandfather, Uma Kant Chaudhary, was a founder of the Samata Party (later JD(U)); and her uncle, Binay Kumar Chaudhary, is the current Benipur MLA. A London School of Economics alumna with a master’s in governance, democracy, and development economics, she researched Bihar’s voting patterns in 2015. Undeterred by past losses, Chaudhary’s TPP aims to disrupt the male-dominated fray, championing inclusivity in a state where women voters could sway fortunes.
As Bihar’s electoral cauldron simmers, this women-centric surge signals a fresh narrative — could it ignite a quiet revolution?