4 women MPs including Jaya Bachchan and Priyanka Chaturvedi walked out during Ranjan Gogoi’s speech in Rajya Sabha
Four women MPs walked out of the Rajya Sabha on Monday (August 7) during the monsoon session of Parliament when nominated MP Ranjan Gogoi started speaking during the discussion on the Delhi Services Bill brought by the Central Government.
This was Ranjan Gogoi’s first speech in the Rajya Sabha. He has been the Chief Justice of India. During his tenure as CJI, Ranjan Gogoi faced allegations of sexual misconduct. For this reason, four women MPs walked out of the Rajya Sabha protesting against Gogoi’s speech.
These women MPs opposed Ranjan Gogoi
Jaya Bachchan from Samajwadi Party, Priyanka Chaturvedi from Shiv Sena (UBT), Vandan Chavan from NCP and Sushmita Dev from TMC were among the four women MPs who walked out from the House during Ranjan Gogoi’s speech in Rajya Sabha.
What is the case of sexual misconduct allegations against Ranjan Gogoi?
According to reports, in 2019, Gogoi faced allegations of sexual misconduct from a former employee who worked in his office, rekindling the spotlight on the #Metoo movement, which allows women to speak up about sexual harassment at the workplace. Have been doing
Ranjan Gogoi had refuted the allegations saying that it was an attempt by larger forces to paralyze the office of the CJI as sensitive matters were to be heard in the court. He had said in 2019 that the independence of the judiciary is in grave danger, which is pathetic. At that time, the Supreme Court appointed a committee and found in the internal investigation of the matter that there was no fact in the allegations. The committee acquitted Gogoi of the charges.
Ranjan Gogoi supported the Delhi Service Bill
Let us inform that Ranjan Gogoi, in his first speech in the Rajya Sabha, supported the Government of the Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill 2023 introduced by the Centre. This bill was also passed in the upper house after a long discussion. It has been passed in the Lok Sabha on Thursday (August 3).
