Actress-turned-politician Jaya Bachchan today got angry when Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh called her Amitabh Jaya Bachchan in Parliament. She reminded all the MPs that they too have their own identity. She asked the MPs, do women have no identity?
On Monday, Deputy Chairman Harivansh called Jaya Bachchan to speak in the Parliament session, saying, “Smt. Jaya Amitabh Bachchan ji, please.” Jaya replied, “Sir, just Jaya Bachchan speaking would have been enough.” But she was later told that her official name remains the same.
In response, Jaya Bachchan said, “These are some new ways that women will be known by their husband’s name. They have no existence. They have no availability and neither do they have any existence of their own. This new thing that has started, I just…”
Reaction to Jaya Bachchan’s answer
Jaya Bachchan’s response to the video. Some called her ‘brave’ on her video. One questioned, “But why was Amitabh added? If he did not add then who added… or is this happening with everyone.” Another said, “Well, she is not wrong in any way.”
Let us tell you that Jaya Bachchan’s granddaughter Navya Naveli Nanda once praised Jaya while talking to Her Circle in 2021. She described her grandmother Jaya as an ‘inspiration’. She said, “I am very close to her and go to her for almost everything, be it work-related advice or personal advice. She is someone who has created her own identity, left her mark. The biggest thing I respect about her is that she has always been very straightforward and outspoken.”