Reservation for women in legislatures stressed

By Our Staff Reporter

PONDICHERRY, AUG. 20. The Pondicherry Assembly Speaker, Mr. M. D. R. Ramachandharan, has stressed the need for providing reservation for women in legislatures.

Inaugurating a special campaign organised by the Nehru Yuva Kendra and the Corporation for Development of Women and Handicapped at Tirukanoor near here today, he said former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi had succeeded in providing reservation for women in the decision-making process in the panchayat institutions.

In the circumstances, there was no reason why there could be no success in providing reservation for women in Parliament and State legislatures.

He said women should be aware of various provisions of legislation relating to their welfare. Was there any atrocity on them, they could seek help from the human rights commissions.

Mr. Ramachandran said the campaign was aimed at creating an awareness among the women in villages of their rights. He suggested that a single window system be introduced to make available forms for the physically handicapped to gain the benefits of government schemes. Now, a handicapped person had to contact, in vain, several authorities to get the forms.

The Social Welfare Minister, Mr. A. Kasilingam, said there could be no bar for women to get education and the evils against them should be brought to the notice of authorities.

Mr. M. Visweswaran, member, Advisory Committee of the Youth Welfare Project, wanted women to keep abreast of the measures meant for their welfare.

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