Gaya, June 6 -- Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday strongly advocated for adequate representation of women in all sectors, saying it would help in their empowerment and making them self-reliant.

Gandhi, while interacting with women during a function organised by his party here, said that they should be given adequate representation in all sectors, including government services, the private sector, and the corporate sector. It was essential to make women self-reliant and empowered, he added.

" Our party has promised to give Rs 2500 per month to every woman in Bihar if voted to power in the next state assembly elections ", the Congress leader said, adding that the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee (MNREGA) scheme was la...