Political Leaders Across India Extend Greetings for Women’s Day

Political leaders from across India extend their greetings on International Women’s Day.

On the occasion of International Women’s Day, political leaders from all over India have extended greetings via statements to the press and on social media.

On Tuesday, 3 March, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he would be handing over his accounts on various social media platforms to inspirational women.

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“If by strength is meant moral power, then woman is immeasurably man’s superior.”

-Mahatma Gandhi #HappyWomensDay to all the women of India. May you grow from strength to strength. pic.twitter.com/pdidKa1nte

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) March 8, 2020

In a series of tweets, Mamata Banerjee, chief minister of West Bengal said women are the 'pillars of the society', and highlighted some of the schemes introduced by her government aimed towards welfare and empowerment of women.

Women are the pillars of our society. They are our pride. On #IWD2020 let me congratulate all my mothers and sisters around the world. From Kanyashree to Rupashree, our Govt in #Bangla is committed to the welfare and empowerment of women 1/2

— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) March 8, 2020

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“Women’s Day is not just about one day. Its revolutionary origins for equal wages and rights are a powerful and important reinforcer of those who hold up half the sky.”

Sitaram Yechury, Leader, CPI

Tweeting, CPI leader Sitaram Yechury countered the Prime Minister's Twitter campaign of handing over his account to women for a day. He termed it 'gimmickery' and 'tokenism', in light of the fact that the Women's Reservation Bill is yet to be tabled and passed.

For the past one decade, the women's reservation bill is sitting in the Lok Sabha speaker's room. Instead of gimmickry and tokenism, why has Modi not got it tabled and got it passed in the last 6 years? #WomensDay https://t.co/3Sx1cEH1E4

— Sitaram Yechury (@SitaramYechury) March 8, 2020