All India Mahila Empowerment Party

The All India Mahila Empowerment Party
Abbreviation MEP
Founded 12 November 2017
Headquarters Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Ideology Justice And Equality of All
Secularism
Gender Justice
ECI Status Registered Party
Election symbol
Diamond
Website

The All India Mahila Empowerment Party is an Indian political party, launched on 12 November 2017. It is founded by Dr. Nowhera Shaik, an Indian woman entrepreneur and educationist, the CEO of the Heera Group of Companies.[1] Nowhera Shaik is the party’s first National President. It works in different states across India, with national and district level committees. The motto of the party is Justice for Humanity and its stated ideal is equality and justice for all Indians irrespective of caste, creed and gender.[2]

History

The All India Mahila Empowerment Party was launched at The Lalit in New Delhi on 12 November 2017 in the presence of important personalities from different fields, including cricketer Mohammed Azharuddin, tennis player Sania Mirza, film stars Sunil Shetty, Bobby Deol, Aftab Shivdaasani, Zeenat Aman, Poonam Dhillon, choreographer Farah Khan, and Urdu poetess Lata Haya. The prime agenda of the party, as stated, is empowering women, irrespective of caste, creed and region. In its launching ceremony itself, the party has taken up the issue of women's representation in the Indian parliament, demanding the implementation of the Women’s Reservation Bill.

Elections

The Election Commission of India has recognized AIMEP as a national political party allotting “Diamond” as its election symbol. AIMEP contest all 224 seats in the Karnataka Assembly Elections in April 2018.[3] The party currently intends to contest in the parliamentary elections across the country in the year 2019[4]

Leadership

References

  1. ↑ "A new party for women empowerment launched". India Today. 2017-11-16. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
  2. ↑ "Nowhera Shaik enters politics with star studded party launch event | ummid.com". Retrieved 2018-01-11.
  3. ↑ "Hyderabad woman launches women empowerment party in Bengaluru- News Nation". www.newsnation.in. 2017-12-11. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
  4. ↑ IANS (2017-11-22). "Mahila Empowerment Party to contest Karnataka polls". Business Standard India. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
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