In a bid to attract female voters, the Indian National Congress (INC) has announced that more seats will be given to female leaders in the upcoming general elections, scheduled in 2019.
Sushmita Dev, Chief of INC women’s wing and MP from Silchar, Assam, who was in Ranchi on Sunday said, “As vowed by the party president Rahul Gandhi earlier, female leaders will be given more representation in the upcoming general elections as compared to the previous election.”
Gearing up for upcoming general elections scheduled in 2019, the women’s wing of Jharkhand Pradesh Congress Committee (JPCC) started its preparation on Sunday, with all the office bearers from across the state gathering in the State capital to chalk out future strategy, under the leadership of Dev.
Encouraging women party worker on the occasion Dev said, “If women fulfill eligibility criteria for contesting election then the party will sure give her ticket irrespective of her economical background. The Women Congress has been assigned the duty to bring forward such women who can fight for the poor and the party.” She added, “As women make 50 percent of the voters, they are the deciding factor in elections. Rahul Gandhi believes that women’s vote will decide the result of elections in 2019.”
Lauding the efforts of the JPCC women’s wing Dev said, “The women are doing an excellent work under leadership of Gunjan Singh. Block level committees of women’s wing have already been formed and soon we will constitute booth level committees.”
She added, “The members of the women’s wing have stood by the rights of the needy and in that process, had staged protest in support of para teachers demand and other issues of MGNREGA workers and rasoiya sangh of government schools.”
Revealing future plans the MP said that all the workers of the wing will be assigned the job of door to door visit for spreading message among women about misgovernance of the Modi government.
The members would point out that flouting the slogan ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ of Modi Government, the number of cases of crime against women has increased immensely in the last four years.
Speaking on the occasion former Union Minister Subodh Kant Sahay said, “The women have power to mitigate any government. It is clearly visible that the present governments, be it at centre or state, are doing nothing but duping innocent people by their false promises. There is a need to disseminate message among masses against these false promises of the government during 2019 election.”
Encouraging women worker on the occasion, in charge of JPCC women’s wing, Neta D’souza said that women are backbone of the party and they have guts to fight against communal forces.