Rahul: We need to empower women

August 20, 2014 14:25

Rahul Gandhi addressing Congress Workers at the Talkatora Stadium on Rajiv Gandhi's 70th birth anniversary.

Rahul says, "In India people worship goddesses, address women as mother/sister, but the same people molest you in buses, suppress your voices. We see rapes being reported, laws being made, but we can't change society with just laws. Change happens with a change in mindset. We need to change the thought process/ people's perspective towards women in India. Only women can change the mindset of men. The Congress party organisation needs to be changed. Women should tell the people of India that women cannot be stopped. Go out on to the streets and empower yourselves. It is a fight to change the mindset."

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