Jaya Bachchan Name Row: Rajya Sabha Nomination Form With Husband Amitabh's Mention Goes Viral

Veteran actress and Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan has come under the scanner after she lost her cool over being addressed as ‘Jaya Amitabh Bachchan’ in the Parliament. She called out this ‘new style’ of addressing women and added that her identity stands independently of her husband’s name. The uproar caught everyone’s attention. And soon enough, the internet dug out her Rajya Sabha nomination form and pointed out that she has registered herself as ‘Jaya Amitabh Bachchan.’

The nomination form that is doing the rounds of X features a government official stamp that is dated back to 2018. The document features her name as Jaya Amitabh Bachchan while Big B’s name has been mentioned as Amitabh Harivanshrai Bachchan. Several social media users shared the document and criticised Jaya Bachchan for her strong reaction.

“In her own nomination documents and hence Rajya Sabha official records, her name is Smt. Jaya Amitabh Bachchan .. but no .. she wants to be referred as Smt. Jaya Bachchan only .. which is fine but then why call it ‘Naya Tareeka’ when you yourself used that ‘Tareeka’ officially,” a social media user asked. “See the hypocrisy, she wrote her name in affidavit as Jaya Amitabh Bachchan but don’t want to be called by that name better she should change her name, limit of hypocrisy,” added another.

For the unversed, in the Rajya Sabha on Monday, Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh addressed the actress-turned-politician as “Shrimati Jaya Amitabh Bachchan.” Jaya responded sharply, “Sir, sirf Jaya Bachchan bolte to kaafi hojata (It would’ve been enough to call me Jaya Bachchan).” When it was pointed out that her name is officially registered as such, she launched into a critique of the practice.

“Ye jo hain kuch naya tarika hain ki mahilaayen apne pati ke naam se jaani jaye. Unka koi astitva nahi. Unki koi upalabdh hi nahi hain, apne mein aur astitva nahi hain. Ye jo naya shuru hua hain, I just… (Some new method has emerged that women have to be known by their husband’s name. Women have no identity. They have no achievements, no identity of their own. This new thing, I just…)” she added.

Harivansh Narayan Singh noted he read out the name she mentioned in her affidavit.