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Dec 28, 2020, 13:54 IST
HYDERABAD: The Telangana Government appointed former minister Vakiti Sunitha Lakshma Reddy as the Chairperson to the State Women s Commission, a position which has been vacant since 2018.
Six others have been appointed as members of the Commission, according to a Government Order (GO). As per the GO the term of the Chairperson and the members would be five years from the date on which they assume office.
The State Women s Commission has been headless since Tripurana Venkata Ratnam demitted office about two and half years ago.The TRS government has come under flak from opposition parties for not appointing a chairperson to the women s commission. The appointment of the chairperson had come after a relentless fight by the activists for almost 2 years where petitions were filed in the Telangana High Court. The HC had set December 31st as a deadline for the appointment of the chairperson. The Telangana Govt finally appointed Sunitha Reddy as State Wom
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Vakiti Sunitha Lakshma Reddy was appointed as chairperson of the Telangana state women s commission. A fully functional women s commission has been a longstanding demand of several women s groups in the last couple of years. December 28, 2020 10:00:42 am
Vaikiti Sunitha Lakshma Reddy (left) was the minister for women and child welfare in the erstwhile Andhra Pradesh government. (Image/Twitter @sunitavakiti)
Former minister Vakiti Sunitha Lakshma Reddy was appointed as chairperson of the Telangana state women’s commission, nearly two and a half years after the post fell vacant. The women’s commission also got six new members who will hold office till 2025.
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Vakiti Sunitha Lakshma Reddy to head panel
Vakiti Sunitha Lakshma Reddy with Minister of MA&UD, Industries and IT&C of Telangana, KT Rama Rao. (Twitter/@sunitavakiti)
HYDERABAD: After two and a half years, Telangana state can now boast of fully functional Women s Commission. The state government late on Sunday night announced the appointment of Vakiti Sunitha Lakshma Reddy as chairperson and six members of the statutory body.
Sunitha Lakshma Reddy has earlier served as a minister in the cabinets of Chief Ministers Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy and K. Rosaiah.