Shamima seeks implementation of 33 percent reservation for women in Parliament, Assembly

BJP’s wrong policies responsible for bringing miseries to women: Rattan Lal

JAMMU, March 4: Shamima Firdous, State President Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) Women Wing and ex MLA  has asserted that there is a dire need to empower the women especially those living in Jammu and Kashmir who have witnessed and faces the worst period of terror onslaught for over three decades. She emphasized that in order to empower women the first and foremost essential in today’s scenario is the implementation of 33 per cent reservation for the weaker sex in the highest temples of democracy i.e. in the Assembly and Parliament.

The JKNC women wing leader stated this while addressing the party convention held at Sher-e-Kashmir Bhawan to discuss the issues related to women threadbare here today. She was the Chief Guest during the aforesaid convention. Today’s convention was held under the chairmanship of Satwant Dogra, Provincial President Women Wing, JKNC, Jammu. NC Provincial President Rattan Lal Gupta and senior NC leader Bimla Luthra were also present on the occasion.

Shamima Firdous said that it is really an irony the women despite playing a vital role in the society continues to be at the receiving end even in the present day world when the rapid technological strides have reduced the world to a global village. She said that the young women are today struggling amid the acute unemployment and in such a situation how can the unemployed women feel empowered. 

The former MLA castigated the Union Govt as well as the J&K Administration not only for having failed to provide employment to the women folk but having plunged the weaker sex  into a sea of miseries due to their misrule amid anti-people policies. Today the women across Jammu and Kashmir are facing huge problems and it is the duty of the government to address their concerns and issues at the earliest. 

The Provincial President Rattan Lal Gupta, in his address, said that the wrong policies of the BJP Govt have dealt a heavy blow to J&K’s prosperity and development bringing it to an all time low. He criticized the Government for imposing property tax and carrying out demolition drive. He demanded that property tax should be kept in abeyance till the elections held and the decision should be taken by the people’s representative Govt.

Gupta asked BJP leadership instead of imposing property tax through government the same should be kept in its manifesto and  let the people elect its government. He warned government at the centre and in J&K not to force any decision arbitrarily and undemocratically failing which the people have left no other option to come on roads. He demanded that elections to the J&K Assembly should be held at the earliest and also give statehood before election.

Senior NC leader Bimla Luthra said that every section of the society has been suffering due to the aforesaid policies and women and youth being the worst hit. She said that the progress made during the NC rule in J&K has gone down the drain as the works started by the party including those for women empowerment have been brought to a halt due to politics of deceit played by the BJP with the people.  

Satwant Dogra, while addressing the NC cadre, said that while women were already facing huge problems in running their kitchens due to sky rocketing prices of edibles of daily use, the Govt continues to hike the LPG price unabated thus making the women’s kitchen problems more complex. She said that moreover there are no takers in the UT Administration in absence of a duly elected representative Govt in J&K. She asked women of Jammu and Kashmir to support National Conference in the upcoming elections for equitable development of the state.

Prominent among others who were present include Sheikh Bashir Ahmed Provincial Secretary Jammu, Pardeep Bali, Vijay Lakhshmi Datta, Pooja Thakur DDC Chairperson Kishtwar, Suriya Begum DDC Bari Brahmana,Shamim Begum DDC Dansal, Rajni Devi BDC Chariperson, Dilshad Malik, Rita Gupta, Rashida Begum, Asha Mehra, Daljeet Sharma, Kuldeep Kour, Shahnaz  Akther Sarpanch, Rama Sambyal, Nusrat Begum, Pinky Khalsa, Ashu Rajput, V.D Surishta, Asha Devi Sarpanch, Adv. Aruna Thakur, Sunita Kumari, Preety, Sunita Mehra, Anju Bhagat, Nazira Bibi, Dr. Amina, Priyanka Dogra, Joginder, Mamta Mehra,  and others

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