A group of Bohra Muslim women on Wednesday urged political parties to take steps to end the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) prevalent in the Bohri community and make the issue part of their poll manifestos.

The women gave the call on the 'International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation', falling on February 6. The United Nations has dubbed the practice as a violation of human rights. It is interesting that the women seek to escalate the anti-FGM movement into a political issue in the year of the polls.