Shillong: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma flagged off the cross-country bike expedition by Yashaswini, a group of CRPF women bikers from Shillong on Thursday.
The CRPF, in collaboration with the Ministry of Women and Child Development is organising this bike rally to celebrate Nari Shakti (women power) in the country.
During the entire journey of this collaborative effort of CRPF and Ministry of Women and Child Development, the CRPF women bikers from Srinagar, Shillong and Kanyakumari will interact with the target groups of “Beti Bachao Beti Padhao”
Saluting the unparalleled bravery, determination and courage shown by the women warriors of different armed forces, the Chief Minister said that the women warriors are second to none and that this particular event and expedition is another example of Nari Shakti.
“From different parts of the country, women bikers of CRPF will be starting off their journey and ultimately converge in the statue of unity and hence it gives me great honour and pride to be part of this particular programme,” Sangma said.
The Chief Minister said that he had always believed that true development can only happen when “we are able to touch every life, when we are able to develop and take forward every individual, when we are able to bring in equality among genders and among communities.”
Praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision to make the country a developed country and how these kind of initiatives establish a favourable environment to enforce equality among citizens, Sangma said, “A true developed nation, which our Prime Minister has been speaking about and have targeted that by 2047 India must be a developed nation can only happen when every community and every citizen and every part and person of our great nation move forward. And hence what we have seen today is another example of that effort to ensure that there is equality in our system.”
