JALANDHAR
Punjab Legislative Assembly Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan on Thursday said that quality education was a key to empowering the women in the state so that they could play a constructive role in the development of the society.
Addressing the people during the ‘Dhiyan di Lohri’ event in Ghurka village organized by a Welfare Society, the Speaker said that by giving education and equal participation in the decision-making, the women could become a lighthouse for the society. He said that an educated woman could leave a transformative impact on the people. He said that it was the first time in history that 12 women became MLAs in the 2022 assembly elections.
The Speaker said that the women had proved their mettle in several fields but still, they needed to be given more opportunities so that they could further excel in life. He exhorted the girls to attain skill education which would usher an era of their empowerment in a real sense and asked them to play a constructive role in society so that society could remember them for their services.
Cabinet Ministers Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal and Bram Shankar Jimpa also said that the Punjab government was putting its best efforts into empowering women and taking historical decisions for their welfare. They also lauded the Welfare Society for organizing the event every year to celebrate the birth of a girl child.
They said that the women had multi-tasking capabilities and they could do wonders in eradicating the social malady of drug peddling by leading the campaign against the menace in their areas. Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal also announced Rs 5 lakh for the society.
Prominent amongst those present on the occasion included MLA Sheetal Angural, SSP Mukhwinder Singh Bhullar, Chairman Mangal Singh, SDM Amanpal Singh, AAP leader Joginder Singh Mann, Principal Prem Kumar, Deepak Bali and others.