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| Azad away, Soz makes hey | | PCC chief reviews women confab arrangements | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Apr 5
With Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad being in New Delhi and the state Congress chief Saif-ud-Don Soz reviewing the arrangements for women’s conference in the winter capital, the signals coming out from Congress do not suggest a joint front in the party.
Azad had rushed out for Delhi Friday afternoon while Soz along with the party’s women wing’s top leaders from Delhi reached here to review the arrangement for convention to be addressed by Sonia Gandhi on April 12.
There are already conflicting claims in the sections of Congress on the basic idea of convening the women’s convention. The PCC chief and Union Water Resources Minister was the first to claim that he has invited Congress president Sonia Gandhi to address the convention which was conceived by him. However, another section says that Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad had spoken to Sonia Gandhi during her Srinagar visit on April 1 and it was decided there that the convention will be held in Jammu.
Soz’s coming to Jammu to review the arrangements and organize a meeting of women wing functionaries at a time when Azad is away suggests that in Congress there is politics of competition against each other. Today’s meeting was significantly marked with absence of Ministers and other senior Congress leaders seen close to Azad.
Addressing the women wing meeting here today, Soz said that congress party under dynamic leadership of Smt. Sonia Gandhi is committed to encourage and give due representation to the women to bring them to the forefront in the polity and other spheres of life.
Praising the value based politics of Mrs. Sonia Gandhi, he said that according to her politics is an other name of service to society and she is the source of inspiration for the women fold of the country who constitute half of the electorate so their participation and coming forward in the political arena would be for the betterment of democracy and the country. Only congress I is capable of doing so which has its presence in all six lakh villages in the country. He said that entire rank and file of the party stand behind mahila wing of the party to ensure greater participation of the women activities and workers in the scheduled convention. He also laid stress on strengthening of self-help groups of women in the state and taking maximum benefits from centre government schemes.
The meeting was was held here at PCC Headquarter Jammu today which was presided over by Soz. Dr. Prabha Thakur- President All India Mahila Congress & Member Parliament and Maj. Krishna Mohani, Vice President All India Mahila Congress incharge J&K Affairs were present.
In her address All India Mahila Congress President Dr. Prabha Thakur MP said that Congress President Smt. Sonia Gandhi wanted the women to come forward and play a bigger role in the policy and social upliftment. She said that Mahila C0ongress would play a vital role in upliftment of women. She said that deserving and genuine workers would be chosen for election from Panchayat to parliament. While expressing gratitude to Smt. Sonaia Gandhi for offering four seats in the Rajya Sabha to women recently. Whereas only two seats were vacated by women in the house, she said.
Swarn Lata, President Pradesh Mahilla Congress and newly appointed chairmperson of Social Welfare Board welcomed PCC President and Mahila Congress President Dr. Prabha Thakur besides All India Mahila Congress Vice president Mrj. Krishna Mohini, Senior vice President PCC Dharam Pal Sharma, Yash Paul Khajuria in the meeting. She highlighted various demands of women of the state. |
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