Jammu, Apr 02 ; Strongly condemning the incumbent political leadership and former elected representatives of the border town Mendhar, Dr Shazad Malik a renowned educationist and social activist of the area today alleged that under a well planned conspiracy to deprive half of the population [ Women] of their right to education, even after 72 years of independence of the country, there is no separate women college in the town .
He said these politicians for decades made fake promises with the innocent people but never turned them into action.
Dr. Shazad said that during the last almost one year, several delegations of farmers, legal professionals, senior citizens, social activists, retired professors, teachers and students met him and apprised of different issues of their areas, he said all the delegations appeared unanimous in their demand of establishing an exclusive women degree college in Mendhar and construction of hostel facilities for girl students and working women. Dr shazad said in this age of transformation, no society can oppress and suppress the rights of the women and as a responsible society we must strive together to ensure that our half population gets its due share without any further delay