Empowerment of women is central to BJP policy: Ravinder Raina

BJP felicitates distinguished women achievers with ‘Sushma Swaraj Award’

JAMMU, March 13: Mahila Morcha of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Jammu & Kashmir felicitated distinguished women achievers of J&K selected from various fields by awarding them with ‘Sushma Swaraj Award’ at BJP headquarters, Trikuta Nagar Jammu.

J&K BJP President Ravinder Raina, Former Dy. CM Kavinder Gupta, BJP General Secretary Dr. DK Manyal, former Minister Priya Sethi, All Morcha Incharge Munish Sharma, BJP Vice-President Anuradha Charak, BJP Secretary Veenu Khanna, President BJP Mahila Morcha Sanjita Dogra, BJP Spokesperson Purnima Sharma, and Mahil Morcha NEM Updesh Andotra were amongst the dignitaries present during the felicitation ceremony.

“Empowerment of women is central to BJP policy and to recognize their endless efforts from home to every field now in today’s world, BJP salutes them with the ‘Sushma Swaraj Award’,” said Ravinder Raina.

Ravinder Raina, while felicitating the women achievers said that the Mahila Morcha activists should approach women voters in every district and tell them about the benefits of various Government schemes. He mentioned women centric schemes like cooking gas, toilets, opening bank accounts housing etc. He asserted that over 25 crore women are believed to have benefited from the Jan Dhan scheme alone, under which bank accounts without any mandatory minimum balance are opened while the numbers of beneficiaries from other schemes also run into several crores.

Kavinder Gupta stated that acknowledging the outstanding achievements of services of women from various fields also promotes their achievements and serves as a source of inspiration to others in society.

Dr. Devinder Manyal admired the Mahila Morcha activists for their self-less services to the society along with the organizational tasks given by the party.

Priya Sethi admired the three Mahila Morcha cadres for doing the maximum number of selfie who took several photographs and done a tremendous job in their recent activities during the 1 crore selfie event, she said.

Sanjita Dogra said that the programme initiated by BJP Mahila Morcha on National level is to acknowledge the services of women who have done Significant Achievements in their respective fields. She thanked PM Modi for the relentless efforts of the Union Government, due to which women can make their presence felt. She said that today, women have led the Republic Day Parade, flew the most modern fighter aircraft Rafale or in the combat role against enemies, making the nation proud in the world of sports, taking advantage of self-employment opportunities to support the country’s economic progress equally.

She said that the Programmes were done at District level on 11th & 12th March and at State level on 13th March. Today the State Mahila Morcha felicitated 50 Women working in their different field for the upliftment of the women and General Public. Dr Shivani Kotwal (achievements in the field of Gynaecology for their free service), Monika Gupta Jammu No. 1 Body Builder, Uma Bharti serving free classes of Yoga, Neeru Rajput, Sharda Bhau, Bipna Manhas, Neena Gupta and others were felicitated on the occasion, she added.

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