Mohali, 2 May, 2024 (Yes Punjab News)
This time Disha Women’s Welfare Trust will also participate in the sweep programs being run by the Election Commission to increase vote percentage with the slogan ‘Par 70’. The trust will sensitize the rural women of Punjab about their right to vote. For this, women’s panchayats will be formed in the rural areas of Punjab.
Hardeep Kaur, Punjab president of the trust, today after meeting the chief election officer of Punjab, Sibin C, said that the women workers of Disha Women Welfare Trust conducted a survey regarding votes in different districts of Punjab.
Through which it came to light that even today in the rural areas of Punjab, the happiest state of the country, men decide who the women of the house should vote for.
Women do not even have the right to choose the government of the country according to their choice. With the aim of spreading awareness in this regard, Disha Trust has decided to organize Mahila Panchayats for the benefit of rural women under the “Jag Bhaine Jag” campaign.
Hardeep Kaur said that through these Mahila Panchayats, rural women will be told about the right to vote and the importance of voting and they will also be told that only they have the right to decide who to vote for.
Women activist Hardeep Kaur said that for this, women’s panchayats will be organized in Silicon City Mohali, Royal City Patiala, which is famous as the political capital of Punjab.
He said that the sweep officers of the administration will be invited in this program while the district presidents of women cells of different political parties will be invited. Rural women will present their agenda before these female district presidents.
The suggestions coming from these panchayats will be submitted to the presidents of the political parties in the form of demand letters so that they can include it in their election manifestos.
There will be a prize competition related to voting for women Hardeep Kaur said that a first-of-its-kind event is being organized in Punjab in which women will express their views through Mahila Panchayat. In this panchayat, women will be asked questions regarding sweep activities, right to vote etc.
Women who answer correctly will be awarded by the trust.
