00:00The BJP, though, is unrelenting. They want him out of Parliament, taking their battle to the
00:05President. Joining me now, Malvika Devi, Lok Sabha, MP of the BJP. Ma'am, Mr. Akhoi Jam has just told
00:12me that his dismissal was a political witch hunt. He's questioning whether JNU followed
00:16due process. Do you believe that he must still step aside because of these charges against him?
00:26Even before the FIR investigation is complete? Namaskar, sir, there are two, three things
00:37that I feel as a sansat who has been elected by the people of the country. There are few
00:42things that I feel that should have been done which haven't been done yet. Number one, Congress,
00:46Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi are completely quiet on this agenda. An internal committee
00:51was set up which has found that he was guilty. Eleven students have come out. It's not one
00:58or two students. Eleven girls have come out and they have said that they have been molested.
01:02This is not a small issue. This is not something that you can just shove under the carpet and
01:06say, let's wait for this and that. This is a very easy thing to blame the BJP again. Whenever
01:11there's a problem with the Congress or the Congress, MLAs, MPs, they straightaway say that this is
01:16a gimmick done by the BJP. But that's not how it is. Eleven girls have come out, have complained
01:21and have been proven right. And I think something needs to be done about it right away.
01:26Now, so what do you want done? Because you will recall, ma'am, a couple of years ago,
01:29Brit Bush and Saran Singh, your MP was similarly accused by India's Olympic wrestlers, no less,
01:36and several of them, not just one. He was accused also of sexual harassment and worse. At that state,
01:43the BJP did not suspend him or remove him from parliament. Why do you want the Congress to do it?
01:51But at least we were there. We were talking about it. And there was a proper court case,
01:54which was done on it. And he was given a clean chit. Here, everyone is keeping quiet. Rahul Gandhi,
02:00who is going on air and talking about smashed the patriarchism. What is this? How do you say that
02:05you're smashing the patriarchy when you're not standing for 11 students who have been complaining
02:10and talking about it? He's going and doing chhatroon ki guj. What about the chhatraons
02:13who've come out in public and said that we have been molested? Priyanka Gandhi is coming on air
02:18and talking about something, saying ki, mein ladki hoon, lad sakti hoon. Par jab ladki hoon ki baat hai,
02:22sabke sab chuppi saadeh hai. Today, we went to meet our Honorable President. There were two,
02:27three things that we asked. Number one, the first thing that we want is a proper inquiry to be done.
02:31Yes, the ethics committee should talk about this, should talk about this and sort it out and clean it out
02:36and say that yes, this is how it happened. We do want him to be suspended from the parliament
02:41till it is proven that he was, that what he has done is wrong and he has done it.
02:46No, look, ma'am, I agree. We are members of parliament. Ma'am, I agree whether a Congress MP is
02:52charged
02:53with sexual harassment or a BJP MP is charged. The charges are serious enough for some action to be taken.
03:01Now, the Congress hasn't yet broken its silence on Akhoi Jam, but I will ask you again.
03:06The BJP, which was in powers, didn't seem to want to act against Brighbush and Saran Singh
03:10because he was a powerful MP. The question therefore comes. This is competitive hypocrisy.
03:16Y'all also speak of ladki hoon. You speak of beti bachau, beti padau. They speak of ladki hoon, lad
03:25sakti hoon.
03:26But no one stands for the ladki in the end.
03:32No, Rajdeep ji, we are standing for the girls in the end. That's why we went out today and we
03:36did stand with the girls.
03:37And I totally feel that we have always stood with the girls.
03:40Modi ji has not just made it a slogan, ladki bachau, ladki parhao. It is something he takes care of.
03:45Whether you talk about all the abhyans that he's got, swachhata abhyan, there are so many places where he's put
03:49the girls first.
03:50And he's always been with the right. And that is a fact. BJP has always stood with what is right.
03:55At the same time, this inquiry needs to be done. He needs to be suspended. He has been elected by
04:00the people.
04:01How are people supposed to elect somebody when you're not safe and you're not sure of your safety with the
04:05women?
04:05He was a professor. He was teaching in the college. There is something that needs to be done about it
04:10right away.
04:11At the beginning at least, at least the least we expect from Rahul Gandhi and the Congress parties for someone
04:15to come in front and say that yes, this was wrong.
04:18We are doing an inquiry. We are looking into it. But complete silence doesn't make any sense at all to
04:23me.
04:23No, I…
04:23You, whatever you say, this is not right in today's times when you are going out and saying things.
04:28No, no. Complete silence. I couldn't agree with you more. My limited point and I will ask you this one
04:33last time.
04:33Cross your heart ma'am. If this was a BJP MP charged with sexual harassment, would you have taken the
04:39same stand?
04:40That's the simple question. Would you have taken the same stand if it was a BJP MP involved?
04:44Yes, Modi ji would have. Modi ji would have. Modi ji would have. Modi ji would have. Modi ji would
04:50have stood with the children and he would have come out. He did stand. He would have.
04:53No, why did he speak out against Bridg Bush and Saran Singh then? Why did he not speak out when
04:58he had an opportunity? That's my problem.
04:59Because the court case was on. So, he… No, no. So, now Mr. Akhoyi Chami is saying he is going
05:05to the court.
05:05There was a court case on. And that was properly done.
05:08Mr. Akhoyi Chami is saying I am going to the court. I am going to prove my innocence. Are you
05:12willing to give him the benefit of the doubt or not?
05:18Not really. I go with the 11 girls who have said that they were molested. I would like to believe
05:23a child. A girl who comes out and says in…
05:26I mean, she is coming out. She is taking a big risk and saying that yes, I was molested. There
05:30are 11 girls. I would like to stand with them.
05:32Yes, but I would also wait for it to be proven that he was guilty because the 11 girls, I
05:37would have faith in them.
05:39Okay. I am going to leave it there, Malvika Devi. Good to have you on the show and giving us
05:43the response of the Bharatiya Janta Party. Thank you so much.
05:49Thank you so much.
