Mumbai, May 24 -- Following the alleged dowry-related suicide of Pune resident Vaishnavi Hagawane last week, NCP (SP) working president Supriya Sule on Friday said the party would launch a state-level campaign to make Maharashtra a dowry-free and domestic violence-free state. "Maharashtra today is in shock due to this incident (Vaishnavi Hagawane's death). Mere expressions of anger and sorrow will not suffice; a powerful and active awakening must take place," Sule said in a post on social media platform X while making the announcement. The campaign for a "dowry-free Maharashtra and violence-free families" would be launched from Pune on June 22 and continue through the year in phases, she said. June 22 is a significant day for women's rights in Maharashtra as 33% reservation was granted to women in local bodies in the state in 1994, when Sule's father and NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar was the chief minister. Sule harked back to the decision on Friday, saying it had led to many social, political, and economic changes in the lives of women. "Yet the harsh reality remains that evil practices like dowry and domestic violence against women have not been eradicated," she said. The NCP (SP) working president urged all sections of society to participate in the campaign....