Mangalore : Maheshwari, All India Women’s Congress Vice President inaugurated the Dakshina Kannada District Women’s Congress at Town Hall on Feb 5, Tuesday.
Speaking on the occasion, she said that Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi is one and only hope in future India. His speech touches many hearts in the country.
She also said that Congress party is gifted with selfless leaders like Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi. Indian National congress is not only a political movement but it is also a people’s movement.
Maheshwari said that all the development programmes were brought by Congress party. The BJP party in its 6 years of power has done no development for women and their achievement for minorities is zero.
Congress party had passed an ordinance to punish the criminal. Late Rajiv Gandhi was a leader who had implement 33% reservation for women, after Sonia Gandhi came in to power; she implemented 50% reservation and became the supreme leader.
She said that women must come forward and take charge as the corporators, Mayor, MLA and MP post and if this has to be happen, Congress activists must work hard and make BJP pack their bags and return to their residence, she added.
Senior Congress leader and former union minister B Janardhan Poojary, said that women from their birth to death are suffering in various situation and this must be fought by the women itself, without depending on others.
He also said that the BJP government is saying that they have done the achievement which has not done by Congress in 60 years, this achievement of corruption is known to all the people in the state.
BJP is the only government which has done back magic at Vidhan Soudha.
Poojary urged the congress women activists to go door to door campaign for congress and change the minds of people who are brain washed by BJP activists.
Commenting on RSS chief Mohan Bhagawat, he said that he condemn the statement given by him during the Delhi Rape case where he said that women’s must sit at home. Poojay asked him whether his statement says that ministers like Shiela Dixit, Sushma Swaraj, Uma Bharathi and Shobha Karandlaje to sit at home and cook for their family.
Manjula Naidu, President, Karnataka Women’s Congress presided over the occasion.
Mamatha Gatty, District Women’s Congress President, welcomed the guests and gathering.
AICC Secretary Vinay Kumar Sorake, District Congress President B Ramanatha Rai, Legislators Abhaychandra Jain, U T Khader were the guest of honour.
MCC Mayor Gulzar Banu, AICC secretary Geetha, former MP BK Thara Devi and Tejaswini Gowda, Women’s Congress state Vice President Sarala Kanchan, Udupi Women’s Congress district President Veronika and KPCC Secretary Shyamala Bhandary participated as the chief guests.
Senior congress members felicitated 16 woman congress activists from each 16 blocks of the Congress with shawl and memento.
Mamatha Gatty, District Women’s Congress President, welcomed the guests and gathering.
Congress women leaders Kripa Amar Alva, B N Bharathi, Hilda Alva, Yashavanthi Alva and others were present.