NEW DELHI: BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi urged the women to graduate from being home-makers to becoming nation-makers as they have both the potential and the capacity to change the destiny of the country.
Emphasizing on health and education of women, Modi stressed they should have the right to take decisions on the matters concerning their lives, such as career choices, timing of marriages and size of families.
The Gujarat chief minister was interacting with women from 1,500 places in India and abroad, on the occasion of the International Women's Day, through video conferencing from the Bharatiya Janata Party headquarters in his second edition of the "Chai Pe Charcha" programme.
"If we educate women, we are educating not just a family but educating also the generation," said Modi while stressing importance of women's education. To a question in the wake of recent attacks on women, he said safety and security of women is the joint responsibility of the administration and the police.
Noting that discrimination was a big problem faced by women, Modi also suggested that there should be more women in legal profession as well as in police.
"One of the big problems is discrimination. There is one attitude towards the son and another towards the daughter. To end this discrimination, there is need of social awareness," he said.
