Giving hints of some major plans towards women empowerment, Union Home Minister and Member of Parliament, lucknow, Rajnath Singh linked women education with the ancient Indian ethics.
The Home Minister was attending the valedictory function of the Platinum Jubilee of Mahila College, Aminabad here on Saturday where he praised the college as a landmark institution in lucknow. Emphasizing over the need for women upliftment through self defense training, Singh spoke critically of the Acid Attacks on women in the nation.
“It had ordered Delhi Police Commissioner to initiate self training program for women and under that over 15 thousand girls had been trained so far. This is an experiment which is going in Delhi and will soon be applied throughout the nation,” said Singh. Speaking on the need to take stand for the safety of women, he said that he will ensure to dishearten all such miscreants who dare attack the women. Quoting the recent incident of acid attack on the women in Delhi, Singh said that soon their will be online monitoring of sale of acid.
Emphasizing over the need to increase women enrollment in security forces, Singh said that he recently circulated advisory to all the Chief Ministers to assure 33 percent reservation for women in the police forces. He also expressed his intention to increase women enrolment in paramilitary forces from present 1.3 percent to 5 percent within next three years.
Speaking highly of ancient Indian ethics that promoted women education, Rajnath Singh said that the practice was hit in medieval era but modern India had awaken towards the issue of education of women. “When you educate a man, you just educate one person but when you educate a women, you educate a whole family and in a way the entire society,” said Singh.
Quoting examples of Sunita Williams and Kalpana Chawla, the Home Minister also praised Pakistani women education activist Malala Yousufzai for her dedication and stand against extremist forces. Asking the students to keep knowledge of what India had given to the world, Rajnath specifically quoted the 1835 speech of lord Macanlay in British Parliament stating that how west had made efforts to cut off Indians from their roots.
He said that soon the speech will be published in the books to ensure that every child must know the value of out Indian ethics and what we had lost so far. “We had faced oppositions and torments throughout the ages but in the end we emerged stronger,” he said, praising the ‘Vedic literacy’ and need to know that same.
The Home Minster also promised every possible help to the Mahila College to become the first Women University of the northern India. Responding to the special request of managerial committee of Mahila College for funds to rejuvenate the science block which is on the verge of collapse, Singh said that he will look into the matter.
Meanwhile, he felicitated six meritorious students of the college and expressed his wish to deliver a lecture on Indian ethics in the college, which he had learned as a teacher of Physics during his early days. The program was also attended by SB Nimse, VC lucknoew University, who assured help to Mahila College in developing it as a university and gain autonomy.