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A large-scale 2K locomotion organised by the Joint Forum of Women’s Organisations echoed with demands for the contiguous implementation of women’s reservations without linking them to the Census and delimitation process. Women leaders and activists marched from Tummalapalli Kalakshetram to Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Smruthivanam connected Bandar Road successful Vijayawada, protesting against the anti-women policies of the Central and State governments.
The speakers alleged that the Centre was deliberately delaying the implementation of women’s reservations by linking the Bill to Census and delimitation exercises. They accused the BJP authorities of utilizing women empowerment arsenic an predetermination slogan portion avoiding existent implementation.
A.P. Women’s Federation State wide caput P. Durga Bhavani said women’s organisations had been warring for reservations successful legislatures for implicit 3 decades, but successive governments had stalled the Bill with assorted excuses. She criticised the Centre for introducing caller conditions contempt claiming that the Women’s Reservation Bill had already been passed.
All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA) nationalist person D. Ramadevi termed the determination a denial of women’s rights and alleged that the BJP was utilizing the contented for governmental gains. Congress person Sunkara Padmasri accused the Centre of treating women simply arsenic a ballot slope and failing to guarantee justness successful crimes against women.
Former MLC K.S. Lakshmana Rao, who flagged disconnected the 2K run, besides criticised the Modi authorities for delaying the implementation of quota for women. Several leaders from women, labour, and civilian nine organisations participated successful the programme.
