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AIDWA condemns killings of women, children

By Our Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI DEC. 23. The All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA), today strongly condemned the killing of women and children by terrorists in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir and appealed to all to resist the imposition of any dress code on women.

In a statement issued here, the Association vice-president, Pramila Pandhe, said the deliberate targeting by the militants of three vulnerable girls show the inhuman and ruthless lengths that the militants can go to spread terror and compel the people of State to follow their diktat.

It saw the recent killings also an attempt to derail the functioning of the recently democratically elected Government.

The AIDWA has also condemned the reported coercive methods adopted by certain militant groups to force women to wear the burkha. It has always opposed the imposition of a dress code, the statement said.

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