Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 11: Priya Sethi, National Executive Member, BJP, and former Minister today underscored the indispensable role of women workers in ensuring the resounding success of the Shakti Vandana Abhiyan in Jammu and Kashmir.
While chairing a meeting to oversee the progress and strategic planning of the Shakti Vandana Abhiyan in Jammu and Kashmir, Priya Sethi emphasized the significance of the Shakti Vandana Abhiyan, highlighting its focus on empowering women through self-help groups and providing them with necessary financial support in the form of loans and subsidies. She asserted that the aim of the party to connect over one crore self-help groups operating across the country to ensure comprehensive upliftment of women.
Notably, the Shakti Vandana Abhiyan, a flagship programme of the party, is being conducted nationwide on a mission mode to empower women through self-help groups and various schemes aimed at their upliftment.
Priya Sethi said that the meeting served as a platform to review ongoing programmes and preparations to engage with maximum self-help groups and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) while acknowledging and honoring the contributions of women functionaries within these organizations. She informed the Shakti Vandana Abhiyan will be intensified to every district of the Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory (UT), underscoring the commitment to reach every corner of the region with empowerment initiatives.
Furthermore, it was revealed that a target outreach of 25 crore voters has been set across the country, with Jammu and Kashmir expected to make significant contributions.
Sanjita Dogra, Mahila Morcha president, BJP J&K, laid stress upon party’s women workers to actively engage with women in rural and urban areas, ensuring their participation and empowerment through various initiatives under the Abhiyan. She emphasized the need for grassroots-level mobilization and the promotion of women’s entrepreneurship to drive economic growth and social progress in the region.
Veenu Khanna, secretary, BJP, J&K and co-coordinator of Shakti Vandana Abhiyan, also said that the involvement of women at every stage of decision-making and implementation is crucial for the success and sustainability of the Abhiyan.
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