Telangana gets a fully operational Women’s Commission

HYDREBAD: After two and a half years, Telangana is now a fully functional Women’s Commission. The state government on Sunday, December 27, announced the appointment of Vakiti Sunitha Lakshma Reddy as the chairperson and six members of the governing body.

Reddy has earlier served as the Minister of Women and Child Welfare in the former Andhra Pradesh Government. The new members are Shaheena Afroze, Kumara Eshwari Bai, Kommu Umadevi Yadav, Gaddala Padma, Sudham Lakshmi, and Katari Revathi Rao.

In the last couple of years a fully operational women’s commission has been a persistent demand of various women’s groups. Spurthi Kolipaka, an activist who has been gathering support for the cause, praised the government’s decision. She tweeted that her timeline is filled with applause. She also congratulated to all those who fought for the cause for 30 months.