Visakhapatnam: Women from different walks of life have varying opinions on the upcoming general elections . While a few educationists and entrepreneurs believe that BJP government introduced new programmes have benefited women others say that although different initiatives were introduced, the government could not implement them properly.Vyjayanthi Pakala, an entrepreneur from the city, said, “Over the past five years, women entrepreneurs have got support from the government in setting up businesses. For instance, sanctioning of loans under different schemes such as stand-up India has helped many budding women entrepreneurs to set up new enterprises.”While municipality sanitary workers have a different opinion. V Lakshmi and M Seeta, both sanitary workers said, “We have been staging protests against the government demanding a raise of our wages for the last five years. This time, we will vote for the opposition with the hope that our concerns will be heard.”“ The revival of the Development of Women and Children in Rural Areas (DWCRA) scheme has helped women below poverty line to engage and earn. Anganwadi care takers and teachers are being trained by the government to increase learning among village and rural areas,” said Jayshree Hatangadi who works for community engagement with focus on tribal areas.Homemaker Kalpana Kumari, said, “The city has become much cleaner because of the efforts made by the government over the past few years.”

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