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Rahul’s next challenge
Rahul’s next challenge, Women's Reservation Bill, Rahul Gandhi's challenge. The Congress Vice-President raised his pitch for empowerment of women, saying India cannot become a superpower without the empowerment of the country's 50 per cent population.
Bhopal : Rahul Gandhi vigorously pushed for early passage of Women's Reservation Bill as he vowed to work towards having "maximum possible" women in leadership positions, recalling that his 'dadi' (grandmother) Indira Gandhi was the "boss" in the Gandhi household.
The Congress Vice-President raised his pitch for empowerment of women, saying India cannot become a superpower without the empowerment of the country's 50 per cent population.
"Empowering women is a big battle that we have to fight and win," he said and expressed confidence that not only the Bill that seeks to provide 33 per cent quota to women in legislatures bodies will be passed but in next five to ten years, nearly half of Congress ministers will be women. Rahul was interacting with around 250 women from across the country as part of Congress' exercise of seeking direct inputs from stakeholders for its 2014 Lok Sabha election manifesto.
"I want to tell you my perspective...In my house, there was papa (Rajiv Gandhi), there was uncle (Sanjay Gandhi) but the boss of the house was my dadi. There was no doubt about that that. Grandma was the boss," he said with a chuckle.
Noting that there is no difference in the capacity of a man and woman, he sad, "Women do not need any protection. If you give them their rights, they can protect themselves."
"Women's Reservation Bill is in Parliament. I assure that we will not let it go....We have to do this 33 percent reservation women in Parliament and Assemblies.”
