Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 9: Women’s wing head of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Safina Beigh today pitched for the greater reservation for women in political and administrative set-up while underlining the pro-women initiatives taken by the previous Mehbooba Mufti led Government in the State.
Alleging that the triple talaaq bill was tabled in the Parliament in haste by the NDA, she opined that the federal Government should have consulted the Muslim clerics and experts of the subject ahead of bringing it to the Parliament. “Marriage is civil contract and there wasn’t any need to bring it to the Parliament. Even when it was tabled, there should have been more focus on compensation rather than on punishment,” Safina said.
Listing achievements of the Mehbooba Government, she said that the landmark decision to abolish stamp duty on the sale of properties owned by women in Kashmir was a step towards reclaiming the agency of women. She further said that under the PDP led dispensation, ten thousand women have been federated into self help group and the number of women workers provided employment under MGNREGA was 3.86 lakhs.
“It was under Mehbooba Mufti leadership that first time ever JKSRTC had started Women Special Bus Services on various Routes in Srinagar city. Under ‘Aasra’, all the families including widows and destitute with annual income of below Rs 75000 are getting free insurance cover and in case of the natural or accidental death or disability of the family’s breadwinner, the next of kin would get Rs two lakh while in case of partial disability of the breadwinner, the next of kin would get Rs one lakh,” Safina said.
Others who were present on the occasion, included Surjeet Kaur, R K Bali, Rafiq Malik, Neelam Devi, R P Singh, Ajay Raina, Babbar Mogul, Shakeel Ahmad, General Singh Tara and several others.
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