Cllr Punja said: “Women are already kept out of senior leadership positions, and it takes a long time to convince a woman to stand because of considerations like online abuse, trolling, belittling, and continuous harassment. During the [2026 local elections] campaign, I received continuous online abuse from several angles, some of which I had to take to the police.
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