Mumbai: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Venkaiah Naidu on March 8 called upon various political parties and state governments to initiate equal rights for women in property and said this should be done irrespective of religion.

Addressing the Kalpana Chawla memorial 'puraskar' function, Venkaiah said without the right to property, the empowerment of women was incomplete.

BJP wanted women to be given equal rights not only in political and social front, but also economic empowerment. "This is possible only if the Law of inheritance is amended and women are made eligible for equal rights in the property of Hindu undivided families," he said.

"BJP is firm on political empowerment for women. The panchayat raj institutions have already started to yield positive socio-political transformation at the grassroots in women empowerment," he said.

The mandatory provision of 33 per cent reservation for women has enabled more than a million women to enter political life as elected representatives, he added.

PTI