National Conference provincial president Devender Singh Rana on Saturday said if voted to power the party would strive for their 33 per cent reservation for women in the Legislative Assembly.
He referred to the recent assertion of the NC President DrFarooq Abdullah in this regard and said, “Women’s larger participation inparliamentary democracy and decision making will go a long way in harmoniousgrowth of the society as also instilling a sense of confidence in them”.
“National Conference has a track record of empowering womensocially and politically, be it 33 percent reservation in the civic bodies andpanchayats or 50 per cent share in the medical colleges of the State”, Ranasaid while addressing the women workers of the party. He said women constitute almost half of thestate population and they cannot be deprived of their legitimate rights ingovernance.
Rana said that women of the state have proven to be secondto none and given opportunity they have the capacity and capability to lead thesociety in different spheres. They have already made their mark in variousfields, especially the academics with girls outshining boys over the years. Inthis context, he also referred to the achievement registered by a Mendhar girl,who cracked the Civil Services Exam-2018 with flying colours. He congratulatedDr Rehana Bashir and hoped that she will prove an inspiration for the younggirls all over.
Rana exhorted the women to come forward and take a lead rolein politics, saying National Conference has all along been providing them aplatform to grow. He hoped that women participation in parliamentary democracywill greatly help in eschewing growing tendencies of hate and intolerance inthe polity, as by nature they possesses lot of compassion and affection for thehumanity.