Mumbai: Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, the social media wing of the BJP has reached out to women achievers from diverse fields, seeking their views and suggestions to be incorporated in the party’s manifesto.
The party said the exercise was carried out to ensure a holistic approach before finalising the manifesto. Priti Gandhi, BJP Mahila Morcha’s national in-charge for social media, said the party sought insights from Padma awardees, sports icons, doctors, lawmakers, theatre artistes, educationists, environmentalists, agriculturists, women from the armed forces and war widows.
“Keeping in mind the importance of this document (manifesto), we wanted to ensure a holistic view before finalising the manifesto. For that, we thought of inviting women of substance and women achievers from various fields to share their insights and suggestions in their areas of expertise,” she said. “We reached out to women across the country through social media and then contacted them personally,” Gandhi added.
“It has been a very humbling experience to get to know about their struggles. We believe that these people can give us the right feedback about how things must function,” she said.
“We, at the BJP, acknowledge the fact that throughout the history, the central role of women in society has ensured stability, progress and long-term development of nations. The Modi government’s record number of schemes, formulated especially for women in its tenure, tells a lot about how seriously we take them,” she added. (PTI)
