Published : The Newsroom
/26-Dec-2020
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,”