Women can play important role to abolish social evils: Bukhari

Several women and others at a joining function of Apni Party in Jammu on Monday.
Several women and others at a joining function of Apni Party in Jammu on Monday.

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 6: Apni Party president Altaf Bukhari today said that women can play an important role to abolish social evils from the society in Jammu and Kashmir.
Addressing a joining programme which was organized by Apni Party leader Rupali Rani, Bukhari lauded the role of women in Jammu and Kashmir and said that they can play an important role to eradicate social evil like drug addiction which has become the root cause of many other anti-social activities.
In this situation, he said being an important part and parcel of the society, the women need to work to abolish social evils from the society. He said women should be socially, educationally, economically and politically empowered.
The programme was also attended by Apni Party Provincial president Jammu, Manjit Singh, additional general secretary (organization) Arun Kumar Chibber and others.
“The role of women in society cannot be ignored and they must be provided an equal platform to represent themselves in every sector, especially politics,” he said.
Meanwhile, he welcomed those who joined the Apni Party and hoped that they would strengthen the Party at the ground level.
He said that people from different segments of society are joining the Apni Party due to its policy of unity and development.
Prominent among those who joined Apni Party include Manpreet Kour, Neeta, Harmeet Kour, Manjeet Kour, Bhopinder Kour, Manjeet Kour, Jagveer Kour, Surinder Kour, Champa, Amrit Kour, Rinky Bala, Sandeep Kour, Shivani, Gurjeet Kour, Dilbag Simranpal Singh, Dalveg Singh, Mohinderpal Singh and others.
Those who were present in the joining programme include Provincial vice president Ex-MLA Faqir Nath, District president Kathua Ex-MLA Prem Lal, Provincial secretary/ District president Jammu Urban, Dr Rohit Gupta, Provincial Secretary, Aslam Malik, District president Samba, Raman Thappa, District president Jammu Rural A, Pushap Kumar Uppal, District resident Kandi (Bani-Basohli), Ch Yasar, President ST Wing Saleem Choudhary and others.