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The Upper House of India’s Parliament passed a measure that would create a ‘reservation’ of 1/3 of the seats in government for female candidates, reports the New York Times. The Congress Party spearheaded the measure, which critics claim will disadvantage Muslim and poor candidates. That’s interesting, as the BJP opposition party has, in the past, claimed that the CP’s were too pro-Muslim. There is already a problem of proxy candidacies, where big men put up relatives, often daughters or sisters, in their own stead for election to an MP seat. The Lower House has yet to vote.