Port Blair, July 31: The National Council meeting of ‘All India Mahila Congress Committee’ was held from 9th -11th July 2013 at Navotel Hotel, Juhu Beach Mumbai. The meeting was attended by the Presidents of Mahila Congress Committees of all the States and UTs, in which Smti Shanta Laxman Singh, President, State Mahila Congress Committee represented the islands.
During the meeting, Smti Singh submitted the necessity to establish women commission in the Union Territory, a long pending demand of the womenfolk of these islands. Shri also submitted that widows of all over India must be exempted from paying property tax.
Pointing out the notification of the Govt. of India to declare Indira Point as the southernmost part of India, Singh regretted that till date Kanyakumari is stated to be as the last point of India by many National channels and others. She suggested for a suitable action to rectify the error.
In the meeting, it was also resolved that the Presidents of Mahila Congress Committees along with their members should go from door to door and act for the welfare and upliftment of the womenfolk, especially the rural womenfolk, irrespective of caste, language and religion etc and solve their grievances.
The meeting was chaired by the Chief Minister of Maharastra Shri Prithviraj Chavan.