New Delhi: Veteran actor and Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan has once again grabbed headlines as she lost her cool in Parliament. The actress got annoyed at being addressed as ‘Jaya Amitabh Bachchan’ by Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh.
A video of Jaya Bachchan objecting to being addressed as ‘Jaya Amitabh Bachchan’ in the Parliament went viral on social media. As Deputy Chairman Harivansh called her to speak, Jaya responded sharply, “Sir, sirf Jaya Bachchan bolte to kaafi hojata” (It would’ve been enough to call me Jaya Bachchan).
Harivansh Narayan Singh then pointed out that her name is officially registered as Jaya Amitabh Bachchan in Parliament’s records.
“Your full name was written here, I just repeated the same,” Mr Singh said.
She further burst into anger and said, “Ye jo hain kuch naya tarika hain ki mahilaayen apne pati ke naam se jaani jaye. Unka koi astitva nahi. Unki koi upalabdh hi nahi hain, apne mein aur astitva nahi hain. Ye jo naya shuru hua hain, I just…(Some new methods have emerged that women have to be known by their husbands’ name. As if women have no identity. They have no achievements, no identity of their own. This new thing, I just…).”
In her own nomination documents and hence Rajya Sabha official records, her name is Smt. Jaya Amitabh Bachchan .. but no .. she wants to be referred as Smt. Jaya Bachchan only .. which is fine but then why call it “Naya Tareeka” when you yourself used that “Tareeka” officially. pic.twitter.com/FMXSgS8mrf
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