Mahila Sabha is holding a national level conference

After a gap of several years, Samajwadi Party’s Mahila Sabha is holding a national level conference here on coming Monday 17 to rake up the issue of women empowerment and demand for reservation for the fair sex.

While SP president Mulayam Singh Yadav will be the  chief guest on the conference,  Kannauj MP, Dimple Yadav, who is wife of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, will be the guest of honour in the conference, which will be attended by delegates from 15 states. SP’s Mahila Sabha national president Ranjana Bajpai told media persons here on Saturday that the main agenda of the conference would be to strengthen women empowerment besides will demand for women reservation and to aware the women about the achievement of the Akhilesh Yadav government. ‘’ Our target will be to create awareness among the women, so that they can work in their area to strengthen the party for the coming 2017 assembly polls,’’ she stated.   ‘’Following the women’s national conference on November 17, the party will also organize conventions across all districts of UP as well as 16 states of the country where the SP has party offices, ‘’Bajpai added. 

SP’s Mahila Sabha, state president, Geeta Singh said that representatives from 53,000 gram sabhas from the state would attend the conference, who in  return would make around 50 lakh active women members at the booth level to strengthen the party base. State Women Commission chairperson,Zarina Usmani, who was also present in the press briefing, said that the conference would highlight the women plight and to strengthen their awareness.