http://www.merinews.com/article/more-power-to-women-in-mayaraaj/125286.shtml *More power to women in Mayaraaj** * Since the day Mayawati took charge of Uttar Pradesh as CM, she has been ensuring that women get their due place in the state bureaucracy. As a result, for the first time, out of the 70 districts in UP, 10 have women as the District Magistrates.
WHEN IT COMES to sticking to promises, UP Chief Minister Mayawati has little competition. And so in less than one month since she took over as the top boss of the most populous state of the country, she has ensured that the women in the state bureaucracy not only get their due but are well-settled with plum postings. No wonder, out of the 70 districts in UP, a staggering 10, highest ever in the state’s topsy-turvy bureaucratic history, have women as the District Magistrates. And the list is undergoing continuous revamp every now and then. As of now districts like Varanasi, Unnao, Auraiyya, Mainpuri, Ghazipur, Jaunpur, Hathras have women bosses at the helm. Leena Johri and Ritu Maheshwari are the District Magistrates of Barabanki and Ghazipur respectively. Pinky Jowel is posted at Hathras while Anita Meshram is in-charge of former Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav’s bastion of Mainpuri. Though officials in the chief minister secretariat while rule out "any such prioritization on the grounds of gender", they are quick to admit that with a lady as the top boss of the state “it was but obvious that the women folk would get their due." A senior official talking to the writer while confirming the "special attentions to the women officials" however attributed it to these officials being "very good and competent." He further elaborated that it was just that, in the present regime they have been identified, hand-picked and have been given field postings. Whatever the justifications be, one thing is loud and clear: in Mayaraj the power would flow through the femme fatales! *DM’s in Mayaraj* • Leena Johri- Barabanki • Kamini Ratan - Saharanpur • Veena - Varanasi • Deepika Duggal - Unnao • Anita Chaterjee - Auraiyya • Anita Meshram - Mainpuri • Ritu Maheshwari - Ghazipur • Pinky Jowel - Hathras • Amrita Soni - Kushinagar • Aparna - Jaunpur -- " The so called caste-hindus are bitterly opposed to the depressed class using a public tank not because they really believe that the water will be thereby spoiled or will evaporate but because they are afraid of losing their superiority of caste and of equality being established between the former and the latter. We are resorting to this satyagraha not becasue we believe that the water of this particular tank has any exceptional qualities, but to establish our natural rights as citizens and human beings." - Dr B.R. Ambedkar, Mahad Satyagraha Conference, December 25th , 1927 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB.
