Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore

Mangalore, Apr 23: A women JD (S) party workers' convention was organized here on Tuesday, April 22 at their party office.

Addressing the women party workers gathered, JD(S) state women's wing president Padmavathi Gangadhar Gowda opined that there will be no scope for good governance, until and unless the educated class came forward to cast their votes.

Padmavathi lamented the fact that educated class in the society has not yet understood the true value of their votes and therefore have not utilized this right of theirs judiciously. And with the educated class waiving off its right to vote, it is now largely the people from rural areas who have become the true upholders of democratic rights, she surmised.

With regard to her party Padmavathi accepted the fact that JD(S) party has not fielded many women members, but proudly declared another fact that her party JD(S) is the only party, which has implemented the maximum number of pro-women programmes.

In the course of her speech, she urged women party workers to speak eloquently about the pro-people works done by the party in-order to convince the voters that JD(S) is the right party to be elected. Moreover, she added that women party workers must support and accompany the men during their propaganda. This is so as people in all areas receive and respond to women better than men, she opined.

Another speaker JD(S), district president Jayalakshmi S Hegde who presided over the programme declared that by and by now people were more inclined towards the JD(S) with the atmosphere being positive in the district. According to her the present state women's president Padmavathi has brought in many positive changes by visiting the smaller district to understand the problems of the wing, something which was not done earlier, she pointed out.

Also present at the convention were JD(S) state women's wing working president Girijamma,  vice-president Kanya Kumari, Gangadhar Gowda and others.