Cong’s all-female march in Lucknow on International Women’s Day

The march will start from Begum Hazrat Mahal Park at around 12noon and will end at Gandhi Statue, GPO, Hazratganj

The Congress will take out an all-female march in the state capital on the occasion of International Women’s Day on Tuesday (March 8). Giving this information, party’s national spokesperson Supriya Shrinate on Sunday said Congress’ UP in-charge Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will lead the march in which all female office bearers of the party and others will take part.

The march will start from Begum Hazrat Mahal Park at around 12noon and will end at Gandhi Statue, GPO, Hazratganj (HT file)

“The march will start from Begum Hazrat Mahal Park at around 12noon and will end at Gandhi Statue, GPO, Hazratganj,” she told media persons. “Along with Congress workers, females from other fields will also take part in the march. Lawyers, teachers, activists and actors are also likely to take part in it,” Shrinate said.

The Congress spokesperson also said the party’s ‘Ladki hoon, lad sakti hoon’ campaign was not confined only to Uttar Pradesh assembly polls. The party will carry forward this campaign for empowerment of women, she added.