Reservations to Women need of the hour: LS Speaker
Vijayawada, Feb.12: “Respectfully giving Reservations to Women is the need of the hour”, Speaker of Lok Sabha Sumitra Mahajan has said.
Speaking at the valedictory session of the first National Women Parliament conclave in Amaravathi today, Speaker of Lok Sabha Sumitra Mahajan said empowering women was necessary to make resurgent India. She urged the women parliament to contribute their best for mitigating problems of women, which helps for their Empowerment and enables National Development.
She also said that agitating for reservations is not fight against Men, but it is only asserting the basic human, Civil and Political right. The women Empowerment really means respect for women for her human dignity, freedom to choose way of life and active participation in decision making process in participatory parliamentary democracy. The Speaker of Loak sabha further said that Women can manage all the things in all the fields, the present convention will motivate the women towards the National Building.
She opined that women should be in driving seat to navigate the life, family, society and as well as Nation. Whatever positions the women processing the political power may be like Mahila sarpanchs, Zilla Parishad Chairpersons and local self government institutions women focused on Development of Health, Education and Civic amenities. The Indian Parliament has taken several initiatives which includes Speakers Research Initiatives in which law and Information were provided to them. women MPs have taken active participation in these initiatives as well as legislation, executive and Judiciary which enabled quality of governance. We should create an awareness among women about their rights. This will help multi role playing of women in societal Development. Women are bestowed with the noble qualities of compassion, dedication, devotion, tolerance, patience and Magnanimity which comforts the family as well as society. Smt. Sumitra Mahajan lauded the efforts of the Andhra Pradesh government that most of the initiatives of AP government are related to the development of Women and Children.
Speaking on the occasion, Chief Minister N. Chandra Babu Naidu said the Government of Andhra Pradesh proposes to start a novel program titled “Thalliki Vandanam” (Salutations to Mother) soon. He expressed the confidence that under the leadership of present Lok Sabha Speaker 33 percent of reservations to Women in parliament and Assemblies can be achieved through suitable legislation. The Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Mr. N. Chandra Babu Naidu announced the "Amaravati Declaration" on which UNO will give a report within 3 months and the resolutions will be circulated to all the state governments regarding equal opportunities to women and their participation in Socio economic Development of the Nation. Speaker Kodela Sivaprasada Rao said that 22,000 young women participated and discussed the socio-economic and political challenges for women empowerment.
The three-day National Women's parliament conclave concluded this evening. Ministers, MPs and MLAs participated in the conference. More than 405 women MLAs and 92 women MPs, Union Ministers and Ministers from State attended. Several eminent women from all walks of life interacted and deliberated with them. Thousands of girl students across the nation also attended to establish direct connect with policy makers, leaders and other women of eminence about grass root challenges being faced by young women in India.