Seven women ministers to spend day with jawans during rakhi

August 16, 2016 13:17

Maneka Gandhi, Union Minister for Women and Child Development, has collared seven women ministers to visit border areas to tie rakhis to jawans during raksha bandhan.

Maneka tweets that this year the ministers will celebrate the day with the jawans. "An activity on this scale has not been organised in recent years. It is for the 1st time, so many Ministers will visit the border areas. As representatives of the people of India, the ministers will carry the message of solidarity and support to the jawans on raksha bandhan," Maneka said.

She said the jawans feel happy when they get to meet people because they usually work in isolation and have minimum public interaction. The WCD ministry has dispatched rakhis to all the seven ministers. The rakhis have been prepared by poor women artisans and carry the logo of the WCD ministry's #BetiBachaoBetiPadao campaign.

Image: The picture of the rakhi tweeted by Maneka Gandhi with the logo of the government's Beti Bachao Beti Padhao campaign.

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