Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 20: National Conference Provincial President Devender Singh Rana today called for greater participation of women in the political process, saying this will lead to their economic and social emancipation on a larger plank.
“National Conference has all along worked towards carving out a significant role for women in decision making”, Rana said while addressing Women Convention organised by the party’s Women Wing at Sher-e-Kashmir Bhavan here this afternoon.
He said though women constitute half of the electorate yet their representation in decision making bodies is insignificant. “This trend is required to be reversed”, he said and urged women to come forward and shoulder their responsibilities towards shaping the destiny of the State. He said the essence and spirit of democracy will become a reality only when women are politically and financially empowered. For achieving this objective, the civic bodies, apart from Legislature and Parliament, would be appropriate forum for them to get elected in good numbers and priorities the schemes and programmes for women emancipation. He said their involvement in decision making at grass root level democratic institutions will be a game-changer for women empowerment.
The Provincial President said though women are leaving an indelible mark of their talent in different spheres yet their visibility in politics is still in its infancy. “Their larger role in politics is imperative”, he said and expressed happiness that the Women Wing of the party was playing a decisive role in this regard.
He said that a duty has cast upon women activists to highlight difficulties faced to people in the wake of inflation and scarce availability of essentials and defunct utility services. “Only politically conscious women can make the system move”, he said and hoped that the women workers will fan out in their areas and project the gray areas for immediate administrative attention. He said housewives have been worst hit by anti-people policies of the present coalition dispensation, which is discernible in terms of erratic power and drinking water supply besides inferior and inadequate availability of rations at the CAPD outlets. “Due to these infirmities in governance, women are worst sufferers”, he observed.
Speaking on the occasion, Provincial President Women Wing Satwant Kour Dogra pledged that women will shoulder their responsibility in steering the State to peace and progress by isolating elements inimical to unity and amity. She cautioned against machinations of divisive forces, who were bent upon dividing society on regional and religious lines.
She reiterated that the Women Wing will work pro-actively to empower the women, particularly those having little avenues in far-off and remote areas. She said the party will continue its efforts in reaching out the poor and help them in getting benefits under various schemes.
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