AMN /WEB DESK
Despite administration denied permission, thousand of girls in Jhansi and Lucknow joined the ‘Mahila Marathon’ organised by the Congress on Sunday, and shouted slogans ‘Ladki Hoon, Lad Sakti Hoon’.
In Jhansi, the girls refused to return and the police did not allow them to move ahead.
Videos shared by the Congress on Twitter and other social media platforms showed large gatherings in Lucknow and Jhansi despite the district authorities denying permission for the marathon citing the rising cases of Omicron strain.
In Jhansi, the girls refused to return and the police did not allow them to move ahead.
“The state government did not have a problem when lakhs of students flouted Covid protocols during a government programme where laptops were distributed, then why now,” a women is heard saying in a video posted by Congress on Twitter.
As part of its poll campaign ‘Ladki Hoon, Lad Sakti Hoon’ focusing on women in Uttar Pradesh, the Congress had announced marathons for women in Lucknow and Jhansi on Sunday.
“The first three winners in both the marathons were to be awarded a scooty, and those coming fourth to 25th would have got a smartphone each. The next 100 were to be given fitness bands, while the next 1,000 women were to get medals,” said Mamata Choudhary, the president of Uttar Pradesh Congress’s women wing.
While the minimum age for participation was fixed at 16 years, the party had said that there would be no entry fees for the participants