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BJP Mahila Morcha's call to women

By Our Staff Correspondent

BHOPAL, JULY 8. The president of Bharatiya Janata Party, Mahila Morcha, Ms. Maya Singh, today called for greater participation of women in all spheres of activities, including politics.

Addressing a press conference here, Ms. Singh praised women for facing the challenges of playing a dual role - in the house and outside - and added that men were still the main stumbling 3block when it came to protecting women's rights.'' It is due to the prevailing gender bias that women are finding it difficult to compete with men in politics and other fields of activity,'' she added.

Ms. Singh said the Morcha would set up a three-member committee in every village to educate women about their rights. She spoke on the success they had registered in Maharashtra where a two- member team of party workers, consisting of the Matdan Pramukh and Sah Pramukh, had been appointed for every polling booth to monitor the voters lists.

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