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Over 200 women join Durga Vahini’s Shakti Sanchalan in Hamirpur, pledge to build a strong and vigilant society

Hamirpur, Oct 19 (UNI) On the auspicious occasion of Durga Ashtami, women in Didwin town of Hamirpur district took a pledge to make the society free from jihad. Organised by Durga Vahini, the women’s wing of the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), the Shakti Sanchalan programme witnessed the participation of over 200 young women from different parts of the district. The participants pledged to build a strong, vigilant and literate society.
On this occasion, the keynote speaker, Neelam Nanda, District Intellectual Chief of the Rashtriya Sevika Samiti, inspired the youth and called upon them to play a leading role in society. She stated that conspirators are currently trying to disrupt Hindu society from all sides, and the country's youth are their target. She called upon the youth to play a key role in creating an alert, literate, and capable society.
She also urged the parents to provide their children with the best values and education to make them patriotic and religious. She said that various types of jihad are going on in society against the Sanatan society, in which love jihad against young women poses a major challenge as a conspiracy.
Neelam also called upon young women to join patriotic organizations like Durga Vahini and Sevika Samiti.
The program's chairperson, Chetna Sharma, head of the Hamirpur-based Pehchan organization, thanked all the Durga Vahini Aayam workers for the successful organization of the program. She said that today's society needs such organizations that can fight the various evils prevalent in society. She further added that Durga Vahini is engaged in inculcating values in society.
Chetna stated that the family is the first step towards the school of values. If the family cultivates values, the society itself will become cultured. She added that society can be empowered by empowering the daughters of one's family.
On this occasion, Sant Shiromani Sarveshwaranand Saraswati Ji Maharaj, Vishwa Hindu Parishad Himachal Pradesh's co-provincial minister Pankaj Bhartiya, Dharma Prasar chief Rooplal, state's cow protection co-chief Anil Sharma, Chiranjilal, district president Surjeet Thakur, district minister Ashwini Sharma, Durga Vahini's department coordinator Pallavi Thakur, district coordinator Mansi and many other dignitaries of the society were present.
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