'Smartphones, Scootys, Security': Congress' "Women's Manifesto" Before UP Polls
NDTV
Launching the Congress' "manifesto for women", Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also flagged the issue of women's security - a serious subject given the worrying number of violent crimes against women reported from Uttar Pradesh
Girls studying in Classes 10 to 12 in Uttar Pradesh schools will get smartphones and female graduate students will get scooters, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said Wednesday as part of a six-point "woman's manifesto" ahead of an Assembly election in the state in a few months.
Ms Gandhi Vadra - who is leading her party's campaign in the poll-bound state - read out a number of measures and schemes the Congress plans to implement should it win next year's election, and demanded that all parties understand "the fact women have to bear with exploitation".
Promises made by Ms Gandhi Vadra today include the offer of three free LPG cylinders for women - a significant offer given the skyrocketing prices of gas cylinders in the country, something for which the BJP (in power in UP and at the centre) has been severely criticised.
"I hope this women's manifesto will put pressure on other political parties to also speak about similar issues. We want to release a women-specific manifesto so women have freedom of choice... I have seen that women ka bahut shoshan hota hai but they are fighting for their rights," she said.
