Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu terms Indira Gandhi “most powerful PM” of India
New Delhi, Mar 23: BJP leadership may not be able to digest latest comment of incumbent Railway Minister. Reportedly, Suresh Prabhu has termed Congress leader and former Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi as "most powerful PM of the country".
Minister, made this statement on the occasion of International Women's Day celebration in New Delhi.
"US still does not have a woman President yet. But we have woman as President, Lok Sabha Speaker and Prime Minister. Indira Gandhi was the most powerful PM in the country," Railway Minister said.
He said there are lots of women in and around the world who have set high performance benchmark and efficiency parameters for men to follow and have set a new work culture in the country.
"There are so many women employees in railways who are doing well. Generally, women do it better wherever they are," Prabhu said.
Railways have about one lakh women employees out of the more than 13 lakh strong workforce in the public transporter.
He asked women in railways to set new benchmarks so it becomes an example for men to follow.
Prabhu
said
Women's
Day
is
not
only
just
a
day
to
be
celebrated
but
it
is
a
day
for
every
individual
to
pledge
to
move
from
talk
to
purposeful
action.
He
further
said
that
achievements
and
efficiency
of
women
need
to
be
recognized
at
all
levels.
Instead of sympathizing with the women, we need to empower women to give them equality in all respects like literacy, education, financial status etc, he added.
OneIndia News
(With inputs from PTI)