Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 6: The BJP has been fighting for the empowerment of women and reiterates its resolve to further intensify agitation with their active participation. This was stated by BJP State President & MLA Jugal Kishore Sharma while addressing the inaugural session of one-day State Working Committee meeting of Party’s Mahila Morcha here today.
Sharma, who was accompanied in the inaugural function by Leader of Legislative Party, Ashok Khajuria, State general secretary (Org.) Ashok Koul, senior leader Suresh Jamwal, Mahila Morcha State President, Priya Sethi, Morcha Prabhari Purnima Sharma, Jammu West district President Subash Jandial and others, said that BJP is the only political Party which has all along stood for gender equality and empowerment at par with men at all levels and in all spheres.
He said that it was because of BJP’s role in the Assembly and outside, including its two successful attempts seeking legal remedy from the Jammu & Kashmir High Court in 2004 and 2005 that the daughters of the State should not be discriminated and were granted the same rights which were available to male subjects of the State.
Ashok Khajuria, on this occasion, said that the women play very important role in the family and they should make sure that the feelings of nationalism, brotherhood and following own culture are induced among the young generations and future citizens.
Priya Sethi, while welcoming the participants from across the State, said that the women constitute about 50 percent of the population but the Governments have practiced discrimination with them. She said that the BJP has granted 33 percent reservation in its organizational setup, which itself is testimony to the fact that this party is committed for women empowerment.
BJYM Prabhari & Jammu-Poonch Parliamentary Constituency Inchage Yudhvir Sethi and BJYM State President Ravinder Raina were present during the closing session.
Mahila Morcha State General Secretaries Anuradha Charka and Anju Dogra conducted the proceedings of the meet.
Suresh Jamwal, Sakina Bano, Mamta Singh, Dr. Nirmal Kamal, Shilpi Verma, Kamla Gupta, Santosh Bhagat, Usha Sharma, Updesh Andotra, Sangeeta Gupta, Sanjita Dogra, Neeru Anand, Neelam Nargotra, Pushpa Wazir, Sunita Kapahi, Rama Sharma, Chanchala Devi, Monika Khosla, Parveen Arora, Neena Sharma, Poonam Sharma, Tripta Dubey, Manju Gupta, Sureshta Jamwal and others were prominent women leaders who attended the meet.
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