IMPHAL, May 3: Empowering women by bringing them into the politics arena is a commitment of the Congress party and this has been so in India which say the first women Prime Minister Indira Gandhi said Shobha Oza President All India Mahila Congress Committee.
Addressing a function at Sadar Hill Mahila Meet 2015 Shobha Oza and Jharjum Ete general secretary All India Mahila Congree Committee and in-charge of NE at District Council Conference Hall Kangpokpi said women have a vital role in family as well in all sections and strata of our societies.
During the Prime Ministership of Rajiv Gandhi, women were considered as equal in every field, she said adding, he trusted women and brought them into politics.
Now the BJP has come to power with false promises to the people of India. During the last LS Poll 2014, the BJP had promised more empowerment for women, as well as to reduce atrocity against women etc. But at the end of one year the BJP led government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi hasn`™t kept its promises, she added.
Modi promised women there would be zero tolerant of atrocities against them but there has been a rise of atrocities against women in many states, she said.
He also promised to bring back black money to India but he has not been able to translate this into action, she added. Even BJP leaders are now found involved in rape cases, she ridiculed.
Unfortunately, the trend has been for BJP leaders to blame women for such incidents. Instead admonishing the rapists, the BJP has been blaming women for wearing provocative dresses etc, and thereby inviting atrocities against themselves.
The BJP also promised there will be no longer any differentiation between the cast, creed or religion, in India. But recently the BJP called NE people immigrant in their election manifesto and even affected a drastic 50 percent cut in the Manipur budget. In such a situation how can development happen in NE states, she said.
She also questioned the land acquisition bill which made farmer commit suicide.
Oza further repeated the massage from Nemcha Kipgen who invite Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi to Kangpokpi Sadah Hills.
Jharjum Ete general secretary said 33 percent reservation for women in the Panchayati Raj was introduced by the Congress party and this has truly empowered women at the grassroots. Now this reservation for women has increase to 50 percent in Panchayet and Councillor Elections after 73th Amendment of Constitution of India.
Now 30 lakh women are already into politics all over the country to participate in the law making decisions as well as execution of policies, she said.
Namcha Kipgen honoured the two leaders with traditional shawls of Kuki and Nepali communities. The function was organised by the Sadar Hills District Mahila Committee and MPMCC.
The body is being preserved at JNIMS morgue. It is believed that the deceased could be of a man from Kakching Wairi. His whereabouts remained traceless ever since he went out of his house on April 28 to take part in Lai Haraoba at Chairen.