“Empowerment of women will ensure a stable society” said Indian President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, during an interaction with students of Avinashilingam University in the Indian state of Tamilnadu on 19th December 2006.Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu: Empowerment of women will ensure a stable society, President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, said here on Tuesday.Interacting with students of Avinashilingam University, he said that they were the professionals of the future. Leaders with an urge to participate in the national movement. He recited the lines of Bharathiar painting a word picture of the emerging woman.Kalam asked the students to have an aim in life and work towards fulfilling it. “Hoping that the future first woman President is among us, what is your advice to us?” one of the students asked. “First, we must get 33 per cent reservation for women in Parliament. Then you can become the President,” he said. “If women get into the Assembly, they would bring some order. We can also hope to see developmental politics instead of political politics if more women enter the scene,” Kalam said.

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