Cong leaders want larger role for Rahul Gandhi

Holding that the Gujarat Chief Minister is “against people”, he said if Modi is the leader in opposition, “it will make ways clear and easy for us”.

Shukla claimed there is a lot of infighting in BJP.  “There are several leaders Narendra Modi, Nitin Gadkari, Sushma Swaraj, Murli Manohar Joshi and L K Advani but the Congress is quite clear on its leadership,” he said.  Deora said, “The government is doing a good job but still there is a need to improve communication with our people and youths and we are here to discuss all these things.”

Girija Vyas, who heads the sub-group on Women Empowerment, said since women empowerment is related to women protection, it is necessary to sensitise our police personnel on this issue.

“Important things for women empowerment are a strict law, sensitisation of police, response of civil society and awareness programmes and campaign. Policemen should be sensitised so that they can rightly use laws for women protection.

“There should be provision in budget allocation for running awareness activities and campaigns properly and at wide level,” she said.

Vyas also said that the deliberation yesterday was very good. “The address of Congress president was very impressive.  She gave a message that the work to empower women should start from home. There is a need to change mindset of people in civil society to ensure that no victim is overlooked by them when they need help,” she said.