Complaint filed against Mahua Moitra by NCW for remarks against chairperson
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New Delhi: A police complaint was filed against Mahua Moitra, a Lok Sabha MP for the Trinamool Congress by the National Commission for Women on Friday for making disparaging statements about its chairperson Rekha Sharma.
The MP for the opposition made comments on a video that was uploaded on X on Thursday, which showed Rekha Sharma, the chairperson of the National Commission for Women, attending the scene of a stampede in Hathras. Sharma was protected from the rain by an assistant holding an umbrella.
Journalist Nidhi Razdan reacted to the video on X asking: “Why can’t she carry her own umbrella?”
Replying to Razdan’s post, Moitra commented: “She’s too busy holding up her boss’s pajamas.”
The Union government, led by the National Democratic Alliance, oversees the National Commission for Women, Scroll.in reported.
On Friday, the National Commission for Women stated: “These [Moitra’s] remarks violate women's dignity and attract Section 79 [word, gesture or act intended to insult modesty of women] of Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita, 2023.”
The Delhi Police has been asked by the commission to provide a report on actions taken within a three-day timeframe. The statutory organisation denounced Moitra's comments in a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, calling them "unbecoming" of a person of her stature. The speaker of the Lok Sabha has been urged by the National Commission for Women to look into the situation and take appropriate action against Moitra. “These crude remarks are not only outrageous but also a severe violation of a woman’s right to dignity,” the National Commission for Women said.
Moitra reacted to the commission’s allegations on Friday.
“Come on Delhi Police please take action immediately on these suo moto orders,” the Opposition leader said in a post on X. “Am in Nadia in case you need me in the next 3 days to make a quick arrest. I Can Hold My Own Umbrella.”