BJP Women's wing to hold 'Women's campaign'

Addressing media persons at a news conference at the district BJP office in Mangalore on Saturday, Ms. Rai said that members of the Morcha will hold door-to-door campaigns for party candidates contesting the polls in all wards of the district on March 4, creating awareness among the womenfolk in the district of the achievements of the BJP administration.

“Women constitute a good number of the voting population for the Mangalore City Corporation polls. We will create awareness among them about the various pro-women programmes undertaken by the BJP government such as the Bhagyalaxmi scheme, Udyogini scheme, Janani Suraksha and Sandhya Suraksha schemes, and bicycles for girl students etc. Our government has taken measures to help and uplift 1,40,000 Sthree Shakthi groups. More than 2,500 anganwadi workers have benefited from the projects implemented by the government. Our government has alotted funds for the construction of 'Sthree Shakthi Bhavana'. We have also increased the reservation for women from 33 to 50% but it could not be implemented in elections this time around,” she said.

Out of the 189 seats that the BJP is contesting in local bodies put together in the district, 73 are women candidates, Ms. Rai said. As many as 22 out of 60 candidates contesting for the MCC polls from the BJP are women, she added.

Padmanabha Kottary, District President of BJP, was also present.