Gujarat Chief Minister Anandi ben Patel on Monday mooted the idea of making toilets compulsory in the homes of candidates who propose to contest elections from Gujarat, be it panchayat or lok Sabha elections.
While addressing a State-wide convention on “Women Water committees’ Empowerment” held at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar, the Gujarat Chief Ministers said that there has to be toilet in every house of Gujarat to reduce crime against women and to lessen their suffering.
She said that political parties should give tickets to contest various levels of elections to those candidates only whose houses have toilets. Though this decision will have to be taken by the Election Commission for other parties, but BJP is seriously considering implementing the idea in Gujarat, she added.
Meanwhile, reiterating the State’s readiness for women empowerment, Patel gave details of providing iron tablets to the girls having iron deficiency and also distribution of bicycles to the secondary girl students who require travelling outside villages for studies.
The Chief Minister described a range of women welfare schemes so as to encourage self-confidence of women. She also described various schemes and provisions to providing advanced facilities such as milking machines, bulk milk coolers etc. to the women animal caregivers and women dairy cooperatives.
Promoting her one-point agenda, she urged the women power of Gujarat to put their best efforts to build an in-house toilet facility in each house of every village of the State and to provide nutritive food to the children of Anganwadi for creating a ‘Malnutrition Free’ society.