HUBLI: The women's wing of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee plans to start counselling centres in each district with the help of women advocates to guide women who are victims of exploitation.

Addressing presspersons here on Sunday, former Minister and president of the KPCC Women's Wing Rani Satish said the women's wing would adopt villages to create awareness about women empowerment.

She said the Block Congress women's wings would be formed soon and each block committee would adopt a village for creating awareness about public and personal health and law and related issues.

The wing would help women gain economic independence by taking up self-employment with the help of organisations such as the Association of Women Entrepreneurs of Karnataka (AWAKE), she said.

Ms. Satish claimed that 33 per cent reservation for women was in force in Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee. The wing would pressure the party high command to give more representation to women while giving party tickets for elections.

Convention

Ms. Satish said several members of KPCC Women's Wing would participate in the party convention in Bangalore on September 3, in which former Deputy Chief Minister Siddaramaiah would join the Congress. The executive committee meeting of the KPCC Women's Wing would be held on August 17, which would be attended by national vice-president of the party's women's wing Kalpana Devi.

She said Mr. Siddaramaiah joining the Congress would strengthen the party. "It will be a turning point for Congress in the State politics," she felt.

Mining row

Ms. Satish felt that if Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy was sure that he had not committed any mistake with regard to the mining row, he should hand over the case to the Central Bureau of Investigation.

She said the women Congress committee in every district would launch an agitation against the coalition Government.

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