India, June 1 -- Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Sunday participated in a collective listening session of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Mann Ki Baat programme in Malviya Nagar and distributed bicycles to 15 meritorious and economically disadvantaged girl students as part of an initiative to promote education and women's empowerment.

The event, titled 'Viksit Malviya Nagar Sankalp Samaroh', was held at the NCUI Auditorium on Sri Aurobindo Marg and attended by New Delhi MP Bansuri Swaraj, Malviya Nagar MLA Satish Upadhyay, local residents, social workers and students.

Distributing the bicycles, provided through the Uma Niranjan Foundation, Gupta said access to education was the right of every girl and that self-reliance helped build ...