Reservations for Women

Reservations for Women Vina Mazumdar DN's feature 'Reservations for Women in Panchayats' (EPW, June 10) on the provi- sion of 30 per cent reservation for women in the Panchayat Bill makes one wonder whether the article is discussing an issue or is only content to attack? And who is being attacked? The authors of the bill or the 'left and democratic' women's organisations' Perspective from the Women's Movement which criticised the government's National Perspective Plan for Women (1988-2000) (NPP)?