‘Women participation in politics must for curbing criminalisation’
Sunday, 18/09/2016
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Phagwara : Akhil Bharatiya MahilaCongress, National President, Shobha Oza on Saturday said that women participation in politics and governance was a pre-requisite for curbing criminalisation and corruption even as she dubbed Modi government “anti-women”.
Saying that Congress and its women wing will continue their fight for 33 per cent quota for women in state legislatures and Parliament, she accused BJP-led Modi government at Centre of “stalling” bill in this regard in Lok Sabha.
“We managed to get it through in Rajya Sabha where opposition had majority but Modi and BJP scuttled our move in Lok Sabha where we are in minority”, said Oza.
She rued that Badals’ have rendered “roboust” Punjab’s youth into “drug addicts” and alleged that drug mafia was “flourishing under patronage of Punjab government”.
Referring to Deputy Chief Minister, Sukhbir Badal’s, power surplus claims, she retorted that in two hours of mahila meet, power failed thrice and she had to stop her address for some time. “Is it a power surplus state”, she asked Badals.
Calling upon women to vote for Congress for ridding state of drugs, suicides of farmers, unemployment of educated youths, insecurity of women, she urged people of Punjabi “to be aware of three bundles of lies i.e. Akalis, BJP and AAP”.
She said maximum number of women would be given party ticket in Punjab, adding winnability will be foremost consideration. Anita D’Souza, Mahila Congress national General Secretary cum its Punjab in charge, called upon women to give “biggest birthday gift” to Prime Minister Narendra Modi by “vowing to oust SAD-BJP government from Punjab”.
