Mahila Cong holds Women's meet in front of Secretariat

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Press Trust of India Thiruvananthapuram
Last Updated : Mar 08 2017 | 8:48 PM IST
Demanding protection for women, Mahila Congress today staged a 'women's meet' in front of the state secretariat here.
Promising protection for women, the CPI(M) led LDF government had come to power, the Congress workers said and wanted Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to explain his government's stand towards the atrocities now being committed on women.
In "God's own country, what is happening now is moral policing and goonda raj." Besides, the murder of a Dalit woman in Ernakulam, there have been several incidents of attack on the fairer sex, Mahila Congress said in a statement here.
The meet was inaugurated by All India Mahila Congress President Shobha Oza.

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First Published: Mar 08 2017 | 8:48 PM IST

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