#DPCC PRESIDENT AJAY MAKEN INAUGURATES DELHI MAHILA #CONGRESS INITIATIVE “EK KOSHISH” AT DPCC OFFICE

On Jan 14, 2016

DPCC PRESIDENT AJAY MAKEN INAUGURATES DELHI MAHILA CONGRESS INITIATIVE “EK KOSHISH” AT DPCC OFFICE—IT WILL GIVE FREE COUNSELLING AND LEGAL OPINION TO SUFFERING WOMEN

NEW DELHI, Jan 14—Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee president Shri Ajay Maken today inaugurated “Ek Koshish”, which will function from the DPCC office, Rajiv Bhawan, 2 DDU Marg, New Delhi, under the aegis of Delhi Pradesh Mahila Congress president Smt. Barkha Shukla Singh, to help out suffering women. Shri Maken said this initiative was part of the DPCC’s social responsibility programme, apart from its political activity.

Shri Maken made it clear that it will not be a parallel organization to any other body, but purely a social initiative by the Delhi Congress to fulfil its social responsibility, to provide free counseling and legal advise to suffering women who have no other avenue to look upto, or do not know whom to approach and where to go, or do not know their rights, to find solutions to their woes.

Addressing the media after inaugurating the “Ek Koshish” programme, Shri Ajay Maken, along with Smt. Barkha Singh, said it was a unique programme under the aegis of the Delhi Pradesh Mahila Congress. He said “Ek Koshish” would take up women’s complaints and find remedial measures through free counseling and legal opinion. He said Smt. Barkha Singh, a former chairperson of the Delhi Women’s Commission, has the experience and expertise to guide suffering women to the right path, to solve their problems, as she was the one responsible for highlighting the cases of AAP MLAs Kumar Vishwas and Somnath Bharti. Others present at the Press Conference were Neelam Kumar, Nita Deep Rastogi, Kuljeet Kaur, Amita Goel, Anjana Prabhakar, Ria, Prerna Arora, Rupendra Kaur, Kiranwati Tank, Sudha Tokas and Geeta Sahare.

Shri Maken said women experts in various fields, including lawyers, will sit at the Mahila Congress office at Rajiv Bhawan three days a week to give free counseling and legal opinion. Women who are harassed by authorities, victims of domestic violence, partiality, sexual harassment and those who feel helpless can approach “Ek Koshish” with their problems (Ph: 011-65000508; e-mail: maildodpmc@gmail.com).

The consultants for counseling are: Smt. Barkha Shukla Singh—on Monday, Wednesday and Friday—from 12 noon to 2 p.m;Smt. Rupendra Kaur—Monday and Thursday: from 2 to 4 p.m;Smt. Kiranwati Tank—Wednesday: From 2 to 4 p.m;Smt. Sudha Tokas—Wednesday: from 2 to 4 p.m; Smt. Geeta Sahare—Friday: from 2 to 4 p.m.

Smt. Barkha Singh said the initiative would extend a helping hand to women who are victims of various crimes and harassment. She said women were suffering in Delhi, and most of them find helpless, and the intent and purpose of “Ek Koshish” was to help out such suffering women to find their way.