Jaipur, March 8 Congress MLA Rafiq Khan announced on Sunday that he would allocate Rs 1 crore from his MLA LAD fund for development projects in his constituency through women councillors and social workers.
The announcement was made on the occasion of International Women's Day during a meeting with more than 40 women, including councillors and social workers from the Adarsh Nagar Assembly constituency, at his residence here.
Addressing the gathering, Khan said that women representatives should identify areas where development works were needed and submit proposals according to the priorities of their respective areas.
He said that funds from his MLA quota, amounting to Rs 1 crore, would be made available for carrying out development works through women councillors and social workers.
Khan also said that the amount could be increased if required.
During the discussion, he alleged that women had been neglected in the budgets of both the state and the central governments.
He also claimed that schemes launched during the previous Congress government for the welfare of women and girls had been discontinued by the present BJP government.
Khan, the Congress chief whip in the assembly, said that the Udaan Scheme, under which sanitary pads were distributed to girls, had been put on hold, while the scheme to provide scooters to meritorious girl students had also stalled.
He said that the initiative was aimed at strengthening women's participation in the development process and promoting gender equality and women-led development in society.
