The YSR Congress Party today flayed that the National Women’s Parliament (NWP) has ended with no constructive outcome but for the gagging the voice of dissent and using the event for self-promotion and keeping at bay any form of opposition.

Party’s senior leader and former MLA Bhumana Karunakar Reddy said that the sanctity of the grand event has taken a beating as it ended as a kitty party. He accused that his party’s MLA RK Roja was targeted with a vindictive approach and the Government has shown how intolerant it is towards criticism and dissent.

He deplored that the centre stage was taken by entrepreneurs and not a single known face that has been in the fight for women rights was visible throughout the Conference which was held with people’s money. The event was used and will be used for self-promotion and to eke out political mileage by Chandrababu Naidu keeping aside the interests of the people, he added.

He wondered that not a single DWACRA member was allowed to speak about the breach of loan waiver promise, and with the apprehension that RK Roja would create trouble she was stopped at the airport.

Recalled that the speaker tried to dub them as spoilers, he alleged that it was they who had spoiled the spirit of the event by not allowing invitees to attend the Conference and filled it up with people who do not know the realities of the state or who are sycophants.

Referring to Chandrababu Naidu’s new programme ‘Thalliki Vandanam’ (Greetings to Mother) in all schools and colleges, Bhumana alleged that the Chief Minister is attempting to brought foreign culture of making one day compulsory to worship mother. But, he said the Indian ethos and culture says that mother is like Goddess. “Smitten by foreign bug, Chandrababu Naidu has been trying to bring in Mothers’ Day in to our calendar”, he added.