Akhil Bharatiya Mahila Congress National President Shobha Oza today said women participation in politics and governance was a pre-requisite for curbing criminalisation and corruption even as she dubbed Modi government as "anti-women".
Saying that Congress and its women wing will continue their fight for 33 per cent quota for women in state legislatures and Parliament, she accused BJP-led Modi government at the Centre of "stalling" the Bill in this regard in Lok Sabha.
"We managed to get it through in Rajya Sabha where opposition had majority but Modi and BJP scuttled our move in Lok Sabha where we are in minority", Oza said while talking to media after addressing a mahila conference here.
She rued that Badals' have rendered "roboust" Punjab's youth into "drug addicts" and alleged that drug mafia was "flourishing under the patronage of Punjab government".
Referring to Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal's power surplus claims, she retorted that in two hours of mahila meet, power failed thrice and she had to stop her address for some time.
"Is it a power surplus state", she asked Badals.
Calling upon women to vote for Congress for ridding state of drugs, suicides of farmers, unemployment of educated youths, insecurity of women, she urged people of Punjabi "to be aware of three bundles of lies ie Akalis, BJP and AAP".
She said maximum number of women would be given party ticket in Punjab, adding winnability will be foremost consideration.
Anita D'Souza, Mahila Congress national General Secretary cum its Punjab incharge, called upon women to give the "biggest birthday gift" to Prime Minister Narendra Modi today by "vowing to oust SAD-BJP government from Punjab".
Pooh-poohing celebration of Modi's birthday as 'seva divas', she asked BJP as to whose 'seva'(service) had Modi done- "BJP's or his own".
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