Activist urges CM Shinde to invite widows to hoist tricolor on Independence Day – ThePrint – PTIFeed

Mumbai, Aug 5 (PTI) An activist working to eradicate ill practices related to widowhood has appealed to Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde to invite widows to hoist the tricolor this Independence Day.

Pramod Zinjade, president of the Mahatma Phule Samaj Seva Mandal, wrote to the chief minister on Monday, saying the government should invite widows to hoist the tricolor at all government and semi-government buildings on August 15.

“I urge you to look into the matter and issue necessary directions through the rural development department to the general managers of all zilla parishads,” he said.

In the wake of Zinjade’s campaign to stop discrimination against widows, some gram panchayats in the state have banned bad practices related to widowhood. MR. ARU asked

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