“Patriarchy at play: Even 33% scares them – men don’t want to give up power”

The image is hard to forget:

Mulayam Singh Yadav

tearing a copy of the Women’s Reservation Bill in Parliament, sexist remarks echoing in the country’s highest law-making body, Lalu Prasad calling it a “political blunder”.
Samajwadi Party (SP) and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) subsequently withdrew support from the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) in protest of the bill.