(Web Desk) Jaya Bachchan became a firestorm after linking her name with husband Amitabh Bachchan’s name in the Rajya Sabha.
According to foreign media, the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, Harivansh Narayan, invited Jaya Bachchan to address the Parliament House session and addressed that ‘Mrs. Jaya Amitabh Bachchan please’. Jaya Bachchan reminded everyone including the Deputy Chairman. Stating that she also has an identity of her own, she said that ‘only Jaya Bachchan would have been enough’. Jaya Bachchan said that this is a new way for women to be known by their husband’s name, their own No identity, no achievements of her own, no identity of her own. Now once again Jaya Bachchan got angry in Rajya Sabha over her name. Rajya Sabha Chairperson Jagdeep Dhankar once again called Jaya Bachchan as ‘Mrs. Jaya Amitabh Bachchan’, to which Jaya Bachchan said, ‘Thank you sir, you know the meaning of Amitabh, don’t you?’
In response, Jagdeep Dhankar said, “You change your name, I will change it. There is some procedure for changing the name that appears in the election certificate and the name that is entered here, and I did it myself in 1989.” .
After hearing this, Jaya Bachchan said ‘No sir I am proud of my name and I am also proud of Amitabh Bachchan, I appreciate all his achievements, this drama of name has been started by you guys. I am very happy about
Chairperson Jagdeep Dhankar then called another Rajya Sabha member to address ‘Ji Shri Manohar Lal Khattar’. At this Jaya Bachchan once again stood up and smilingly said ‘Sir next to his name is his wife’s name. Lagadeen’, elicited laughter in the Rajya Sabha, to which Jaya Bachchan said, “I am not against the name, but every individual has an identity that should be called by his name.”
2024-08-07 18:07:00