Priyanka Gandhi to address Cong's women's convention in Bengaluru on Jan 16

Aimed at galvanising the support of womenfolk ahead of Assembly polls in Karnataka Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will be addressing a womens convention in Bengaluru on January 16 partys State president D K Shivakumar said on MondayHe said the party is planning a separate manifesto for women ahead of polls due by AprilMay and wants to release a guarantee letter expressing Congress commitment towards themThe KPCC chief was speaking to reporters after inducting JDS leaders from Ramanagara and Mandya districts Vishwanath and Radhakrishna respectively along with their supporters at the party office here Vishwanath had even contested against Shivakumar in Kanakapura assembly segment earlierWomen are 50 per cent of the population Congress has decided to prepare a separate manifesto for women regarding the ways in which the party can contribute to betterment of their lives and addressing the issues faced by them Also building leadership among them and strengthening them Shivakumar saidHighlighting Congress programmes for the betterment of women he said the party intends to release a guarantee letter for womenfolk along with the manifesto ahead of elections and as part of this effort suggestions and inputs have been invited from all leaders till January 15Also a massive convention of women leaders from Panchayat and society level to right up to the top level has been organised on January 16 at Palace Ground in Bengaluru several national leaders will be attending this event including Priyanka Gandhi Vadra he saidNoting that she will review the process and address the convention and make some announcements for women on behalf of the party the KPCC chief said details about the event will be shared soonAlso Read The Gandhis are a kattar paapi parivaar says BJPThis will be Priyanka Gandhi Vadras first political visit to the State and she will be sending a message to the womenfolk of Karnataka he addedClaiming Congress as the champion of womens cause by having reservation for them Shivakumar in response to a question said it is the partys resolve to give them strength politically educationally economically and socially in accordance with their populationStating that price rise has become a major issue that is affecting normal lives of people Shivakumar said the BJP government had promised to double the income which did not happen but the price of essential commodities is increasingThe Congress is thinking about how to address the issue of price rise and is preparing a manifesto under the leadership of senior party leader and former Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara he said We will also be soon coming out with details and BJPs misrule and misdeedsShivakumar also said that both him and Siddaramaiah will be starting a statewide tour soon in the run up to Assembly polls and will share the details about its nature reason and number of days of the tour soonThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever