Women issues: MPs join hands to raise awareness

Cutting across partyline, 20 MPs on Wednesday came on board a unique initiative that aims to connect them especially with the youth in their constituency and raise awareness about women issues. 

‘MP Connect: Redefining Leadership’, an initiative started by BJP MP Anurag Thakur, brings together legislators to engage them with the youth in their constituencies and spread awareness on gender equality, women education, women empowerment, among others.

MPs from both the Houses hailed the initative, which saw participation from Supriya Sule (NCP), Rajiv Shukla and Gaurav Gogoi (Cong), Paresh Rawal, Jagdambika Pal, Babul Supriyo, Manoj Tiwary, Meenakshi Lekhi, Dushyant Singh, Poonam Madan, Harish Dwivedi, Nishikant Dubey, Virendra Kashyap, Ram Swaroop Sharma, Pritam Munde, Om Birla (all BJP), Chirag Paswan (LJP), Aunpriya Patel (Apna Dal), Dushyant (INLD), Shatabdi Roy (TMC).