Fight for your rights, Priyankaexhorts women in Chitrakoot

Jhansi: Reiterating her promise of giving 40% tickets to women from Congress party in the upcoming Vidhan Sabha elections, Congress general secretary and party’s UP in-charge Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday interacted with a group of about 5,000 women at Ramghat on the banks of the Mandakini river in Chitrakoot and listened to their problems.
As a part of the Congress’s ongoing campaign ‘Ladki hoon, lad sakti hoon’ slogan, Priyanka men women from all strata of the society, mainly for low-income groups, who listened attentively to the Congress leader’s programmes for women empowerment.
Interacting on a specially built stage over a boat, Priyanka sat with the women, who were mainly Anganwadi workers, ASHA workers, lawyers and members of self-help groups, and discussed their problems at home and at work.
“Since ages women have to fight for their rights and have been suppressed. If you want your due right, then you will have to fight for it as you represent half of the population. Therefore, our party has thought of giving tickets to 40% women in the upcoming state elections because only a woman can understand the feelings of another woman and raise their problems in a proper manner,” said Priyanka, promising to give smart phones to girls if the party came to power in the state.
She also announced that if Congress comes to power, the widow pension will be increased to Rs 1,000 and Aganwadi workers will be given a stipend of Rs 10,000 apart from scootys to those girl students who have to travel long distances for studies.
She further said that the Congress has decided to open 75 schools on the lines of Kendriya Vidyalayas which will be only for girls in which it will be ensured that knowledge for skilled work is also imparted other than regular studies.
She assured them that the party would stand by them and help them in every possible way to solve their problems.
Recalling her visit to Lalitpur a few days ago, Priyanka said that farmers are dying while standing for hours in queues for procuring fertilisers. Moreover, the greatest problem for women is running their house with the skyrocketing price of LPG cylinders and edible oil.
“The entire region is reeling under a water crisis with a number of families lining up in a single tap. It is so sad that buses are being lined up for ferrying people to attend the rally of the PM in Jhansi on November 19 while no bus was provided to the labourers during Covid-19 crisis,” she alleged.
The Congress leader also offered prayers at the Matha Gajendranath Shiv temple and Kamatanath temple.