Overview
- Gupta, who visited Tirumala on Wednesday, called the Women’s Reservation Bill a landmark step for women’s empowerment.
- She said Indian culture places women on a high pedestal and argued they deserve equal, dignified representation in the democratic system.
- She added the measure would ensure meaningful participation in decision-making, open new avenues, and raise women’s role in governance.
- After prayers at the Venkateswara and Sri Padmavathi Ammavari temples, she toured Tirumala’s Integrated Command and Control Centre and praised its use of predictive analytics to watch crowd flows.
- She commended the TTD team for managing darshan for roughly 70,000 to 100,000 devotees each day without major inconvenience, noting cleaner, safer movement for pilgrims.