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J-K assembly polls: Congress candidate from Bani holds election rally, vows to work for women, youth

Khatua: Congress candidate Kajal Rajput from Bani assembly constituency held an election rally on Saturday in Khatua district with the assembly elections underway in Jammu and Kashmir.
The Congress candidate held the rally before going to fill out the nomination form.
She raised the issue of getting electricity, water, and road connectivity for the people in the region. She stated that hospitals in the are were not good and the women also do not get many opportunities.
"In this areas there are no roads, there are a lot of problems faced by the people. Including getting electricity and water. We have a lot of demands, our hospitals are not in a good situation, and we do not get staff in health centres. Education is not good, we do not get much staff for the students and the women in our area do not get many opportunities to come forward. I will work hard for my people," she said while speaking to ANI.
Highlighting further on the opportunities given to women in general in the area, she said that many times women do not get a lot of opportunities, despite there being talk about women's reservations, "About women's reservation, there is talk about having women get equal opportunities, but when you look at what is happening on the ground, women have very few opportunities. But my party has given me this opportunity and made it a reality for women. I will work for the women and the youth."
"For the youth, their future seems dark, because they don't have any jobs, they get lathi charged when they ask for their rights or jobs. We will definitely win, and we will work for the women and the youth," she added.
She added further that she is wanting to set an example for the girls in the region that they should be confident and take interest in these issues too as she wants to set an example for them.
"I will not waste this opportunity of I have gotten, I will work hard for my people and we will definitely win the seat from here. I want to set an example for my area so girls get more courageous, confident, and come forward to do work. There is a lot of enthusiasm within the people," she added.
"It is the love of the people which has gotten me till here. I will be maintaining that trust and love of the people, I have always been raising my voice for the people and I will be raising my voice in the future too, the people have trusted me for this. Congress has trusted me with this, because I have shown loyalty to the party and worked for them a long time. It is a hilly region, it is really difficult to campaign around here. We only have walking areas here," she said.
Saying it is the first time a woman is fighting the election from this area in this manner, because of which people are interested in seeing her campaigns, "A woman is going to fight the elections like this from this area for the first time, so the people are interested in seeing this, and I am getting a lot of love from the people."
The third and final phase of polling is scheduled for October 1, while the counting of votes will take place on October 8.
Assembly elections are being held in the Union Territory after a gap of ten years and are the first since the abrogation of Article 370.

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