Delhi CM Rekha Gupta backs Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam: 'Era of Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao, Beti Badhao'

Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Monday welcomed the Centre's move to operationalise the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, 2023, with the proposed Amendment Bill, saying that the 33 per cent reservation in the Lok Sabha and state legislatures will put women empowerment on an "auto mode.

" The Parliament is set to meet for a three-day special session from April 16, to move the Amendment Bill to the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, 2023 and a Delimitation Bill to implement the one-third reservation for women legislators.

Lauding Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government's initiatives for women, she called the NDA government's rule an era of 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao and Beti Badhao.

' Addressing the Nari Shakti Vandan Sammelan in the national capital, CM Gupta said, "The Bill and the idea of 33 per cent reservation to women in Parliament depict your vision, which is not just development but women-led development.

Now women will be able to participate in policy-making decisions. Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam will take women empowerment on auto mode, after which anything else might not be needed.

"Recalling the journey for equal rights for women in India, she noted, "Indian women have witnessed a long journey to attain dignity and equal rights in their own nation.

Female foeticide, Sati system, child marriage, illiteracy, and widow remarriage, it began with the era of Beti Bachao. The next stage was Beti Padhao.

Now, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, we have entered the era of Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao and Beti Badhao. This era began in 2014 when all the policies were centred around women.