Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 22: A massive “Nari Shakti Akrosh rally” led by prominent social as well as political activists including MPs, and MLAs, was taken out here today in protest against the role of Congress and INDI Alliance against the Women Reservation Bill.
A large number of women activists of BJP including senior leaders rallied to express their outrage against what they called injustice, and continual denial of women rights by the Congress and the INDI Alliance.
The rally was organized to condemn the opposition to the Women Reservation Bill in Parliament, which BJP described as a historic step toward empowering women.
The rally commenced from Maharaja Hari Singh Park, where prominent women leaders addressed the participants. The protestors, carrying placards and raising slogans, marched through key roads of Jammu city towards the Congress party office. As the rally progressed, it witnessed an overwhelming surge in participation, with multiple groups joining en route, swelling the number to thousands by the time it reached its destination.
Upon reaching the Congress office, the rally was halted by heavy police barricading. Undeterred, the protestors staged a strong demonstration, burning effigies of the Congress party and leaders of allied parties who opposed the Reservation Bill.
Senior BJP leaders, including J&K BJP president & MP (Rajya Sabha), Sat Sharma CA, BJP national secretary & MLA, Dr. Narinder Singh, J&K BJP general secretary (Org), Ashok Koul, Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha), Jugal Kishore Sharma, MP (Rajya Sabha), Ghulam Ali Khatana, BJP vice-presidents, Bharat Bhushan, Priya Sethi, and Rekha Mahajan, general secretaries, Sanjita Dogra, and Gopal Mahajan, MLAs, Surjit Singh Salathia, Sham Lal Sharma, Dr. Devinder Kumar Manyal, Prof. Gharu Ram Bhagat, Ch. Vikram Randhawa, Yudhvir Sethi, Arvind Gupta, Devyani Rana, Shagun Parihar, Surinder Bhagat, and Mohan Lal Bhagat, Mahila Morcha president, Neha Mahajan, Purnima Sharma, Rajni Sethi, and other senior leaders were present to support the rally.
Addressing the gathering, Priya Sethi, former Minister, strongly criticized the Congress and its allies for what she described as their “anti-women mindset.” She stated that opposing the Women Reservation Bill reflects their unwillingness to empower women politically and socially.
Shagun Parihar, MLA, emphasized that the rally was not just a protest but a powerful message from the women of Jammu & Kashmir against the Congress and INDI Alliance who have repeatedly failed women by prioritizing vote-bank politics over genuine empowerment.
Devyani Rana, MLA, in her address, said that the massive turnout itself is proof of growing awareness and anger among women against those who obstruct their progress. She accused the Opposition of deliberately blocking reforms that would uplift women.
Neha Mahajan condemned the opposition’s actions in strong terms, stating that denying women their rightful representation is an affront to democratic values.
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