New Delhi: Raising the issue of alleged misbehaviour with a woman journalist of a private news channel, BJP’s Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament Bhupendra Yadav on Wednesday urged Rajya Sabha Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu to refer the matter to the ethics committee of the House, if any member was suppressing the voice of the media.
Without naming the news channel or any person, the BJP MP raised the issue through a ‘point of order’ during the Zero Hour in the Rajya Sabha.
“We do not want to interfere in any private organisation, but if a woman is misbehaved with, and employees are not paid, it is responsibility of the parliamentarians to protect the freedom of speech,” Mr Yadav said.
The BJP MP further said the Rajya Sabha Chairman had the power to send the matter to the ethics committee “if any member was suppressing the voice of the media”.
Mr Yadav said the matter should be referred to the ethics committee to protect rights of mediapersons.
Earlier, Mr Yadav’s party colleague also sought to raise the issue, but Congress members objected saying there is “conflict of interest”.
Mr Naidu too asked Mr Bhupendra Yadav to confine himself to the topic for which he had given the Zero Hour notice and not take up other matters.
