The idea to attract women to the stadium was inspired by the adoption of the women’s reservation Bill in Parliament last month, according to Lalit Wadhawan, the BJP vice-president of the Bodakdev neighborhood.
An estimated 30,000–40,000 women from Ahmedabad are getting ready to watch the defending champions England take on New Zealand in the World Cup opener at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Thursday.
The BJP is organizing women at the city ward level to fill the stands, and local officials are handing out tickets and ensuring free vouchers for tea and lunch.
The idea to attract women to the stadium was inspired by the adoption of the women’s reservation Bill in Parliament last month, according to Lalit Wadhawan, the BJP vice-president of the Bodakdev neighborhood.
Tickets were distributed to them today, and our volunteers have been asked to send the names. Tickets were obtained from above (we acquired them from the top). See, even the 33% women’s reservation Bill has been passed. Kya hai na. According to Wadhawan, these women will travel to the stadium on their own and receive coupons for tea and food.
When asked if the party had made any special efforts to mobilize women for the first game, Yamal Vyas, a spokesman for the Gujarat BJP, responded, “We have not made any effort at the party level for anything like that. Fine if they (women) travel in big numbers. However, the party is not making any extra efforts in that regard.
A few days ago, the city’s mass mobilization process began when BJP ward members sent a WhatsApp message to their employees requesting them to list the names of ladies from their booth areas, societies, and apartments who were interested in attending the World Cup game. The message instructed the employees to email the designated local leader the names and mobile numbers of the women.
The permits will only be accepted by women, who will receive two tokens for tea, one for breakfast, and one for a food packet. According to a forwarded communication, “The employees had given all the names by Monday at 5 p.m.
The largest cricket stadium in the world, which has a capacity of more than 1.3 lakh, is not sold out for the match between England and New Zealand, the two nations that competed in the dramatic World Cup final four years ago.
In other countries, schoolchildren are invited to watch the game because it fills the stadium and creates a festive mood, according to a senior cricket official of the Gujarat Cricket Association (GCA). The presence of women in the stands will be the sole difference, he claimed. The official declined to reply when asked who purchased and used the tickets.