BJD Foundation Day: Naveen Stresses on Women Empowerment

Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal supremo Naveen Patnaik today stressed on the need of womens’ empowerment.

Underlying the need of women empowerment, Patnaik remembered his father and former Chief Minister of Odisha Biju Patnaik and said: “He was one of the pioneers in womens’ who introduced 33 per cent reservation for women in the PRIs, which was increased to 50 per cent by his government.

Quoting late Chief Minister Biju Patnaik, “I am confident that the mothers and sisters who run their households so efficiently will run the Panchayat Samiti and Zilla Parishad with equal competence,”

Thanks to Naveen Patnaik’s initiatives, today more than sixty thousand women in Odisha are doing remarkable jobs as Ward Members, Sarpanchs, Block Samiti, Zilla Parishad Members, and Presidents.

Patnaik alleged that the national parties in their Manifestos have repeatedly spoken about women’s empowerment, but somewhere when it comes to walking the talk – there is a deafening silence”.He urged the people of Odisha to ensure that the voice of BJD’s seven women candidates is heard in the hallowed halls of Parliament and hoped that the movement that has started from Odisha will be followed by all national parties.

Patnaik further said that BJD is the only political party in the country that had given 33% tickets to women in 2019 general elections.