Minister Agnimitra Paul, celebrities take part in women’s ‘Freedom Beyond Midnight’ march in Kolkata

Kolkata,
Aug
14
(PTI):
West
Be gal
U ba
Developme t
Mi iste
Ag imit a
Paul
a d
seve al
celeb ities
o
F iday
ight
took
pa t
i
a
wome ’s
ma ch
i
the
met opolis
o
the
eve
of
I depe de ce
Day.
The
‘F eedom
Beyo d
Mid ight’
ma ch
i
the
city
was
aimed
at
i stilli g
co fide ce
amo g
wome
to
move
a ou d
a d
live
f eely
as
pe
the
law.

The
ewly
aised
‘Du ga
Vahi i’
of
the
Kolkata
Police
led
the
ma ch
f om
the
Ballygu ge
Shiksha
Sada
to
Golpa k
a d
back
i
south
Kolkata,
cove i g
a
dista ce
of
ove
two
km.

“I dia
will
celeb ate
its
80th
I depe de ce
Day
o
August
15,
but
wome ‘s
battle
fo
i depe de ce
ac oss
the
cou t y
a d
West
Be gal
a e
co ti uously
evolvi g,”
Paul
said,
add essi g
the
gathe i g
befo e
the
walkatho
bega .

“A
woma
must
ot
be
told
what
to
eat,
wea ,
whe
to
go
out
a d
etu ;
this
is
my
life,
I
wa t
to
live
it
o
my
ow
te ms
givi g
espect
to
the
society,”
she
asse ted.

The
mi iste
said
the
sac ifices
of
wome
i
attai i g
I dia’s
f eedom
must
ot
be
fo gotte .

“P itilata
Waddeda ,
Mata gi i
Haz a,
Kalpa a
Dutta,
Bi a
Das,
A u a
Asaf
Ali…
the
list
is
e dless,”
she
said.

Paul
said
that
wome
–
f om
fa me s
to
e t ep e eu s
to
teache s
–
we e
egula ly
fighti g
to
establish
thei
place
i
a
male-domi ated
society.

“The
cha ge
that
has
take
place
is
that
we
wome
a e
sta di g
tall
to
a ou ce
we
ca
also
do
what
a
ma
ca ,”
said
Paul,
who
was
a
successful
e t ep e eu
befo e
delvi g
i to
politics.

Wome
o ly
eed
the
espect
a d
the
platfo m
fo
a
level-playi g
field,
she
added.

A
la ge
umbe
of
wome
a d
gi l
stude ts
of
va ious
schools
pa ticipated
i
the
ma ch.
Celeb ities
like
acto
Ritupa a
Se gupta
a d
si ge
Ima
Chak abo ty
also
took
pa t
i
the
walkatho .

A
simila
mid ight
ma ch
had
bee
o ga ised
i
Kolkata
i
the
afte math
of
the
ape-mu de
of
the
RG
Ka
hospital
t ai ee
docto
i
August,
2024.

Thousa ds
of
wome
a d
othe s
we e
a
pa t
of
the
‘Reclaim
the
Night’
p og amme,
ma chi g
th ough
the
st eets
dema di g
safety
a d
justice.
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RBT

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