With an aim to bringing women issues to the fore, the state unit of Bharatiya Janata Party has decided to hold a conference on triple talaq and women empowerment in the state in September this year. The state BJP will also hold several other programmes to commemorate the birth centenary of party’s ideologue Deen Dayal Upadhaya.
“On the second day of the State Working Committee meeting in lucknow on Tuesday, the BJP decided to organise a conference on triple talaq and women empowerment by the party’s Minority Cell in September,” state BJP general secretary Vijay Bahadur Pathak told reporters in luccknow.
Pathak said the party will organise the birth anniversary of Deen Dayal Upadhaya in a big way and will make an attempt to reach to every household between May 10 and 25.
“The programme will continue till September 21 when plantation drive, conferences from divisional to booth level, general knowledge competition, blood donation camps and other programmes will be held in the state,” he said.
Talking about the state working committee meeting. Pathak said that in the first session, leaders presented their report.
“The meet also discussed urban local bodies polls and implementation of the GST. The party has already decided to contest urban local bodies elections on party symbol. For over 600 local bodies, senior leaders have been appointed,” the BJP leader said adding that selection of candidates would be decided by leaders later on.