Governor T Soundararajan to organise 'Mahila Darbar' on June 10

The long-awaited `praja darbar’ of Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan to hear people’s problems will be launched at Raj Bhavan on Friday with the opening day’s proceedings limited to giving an ear to women’s issues on the platform, ‘mahila darbar’.

It was more than a year ago, much before differences between the Governor and Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao surfaced, that the former had expressed desire to start the praja darbar with a view to take the problems of people to the notice of the government and get them resolved as they went unheard in the top echelons of



power. However, it did not take off but Ms. Soundararajan set up a grievance box at Raj Bhavan where she received a number of complaints every month.

Sources said the ‘mahila darbar’ on Friday will be for one hour between 12 noon to 1 p.m. to listen to the grievances of women. Several issues, including the problems faced by them as well as their security are likely to figure on the occasion. The ‘mahila darbar’ will be followed by the regular ‘praja darbars’ with people from different walks of life in the coming days.