National Commission for Women Chairperson Rekha Sharma on Monday noted an allegation of sexual harassment against newly-appointed Punjab Ch...
National Commission for Women Chairperson Rekha Sharma on Monday noted an allegation of sexual harassment against newly-appointed Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and asked for his resignation, PTI reported.
Sharma alleged that in 2018 Channi had sent an “inappropriate text message” to a woman Indian Administrative Service officer.
The women’s panel chief said that she was “shocked and utterly disappointed” with the appointment of a “MeToo accused” to the chief minister’s post in Punjab.
The #MeToo movement in India 2018 saw several women take to social media to speak about incidents of sexual harassment they had faced.
Sharma on Monday urged Congress President Sonia Gandhi to remove Channi as the chief minister, ANI reported. “Today [Monday], he has been made Punjab CM by a party that is headed by a woman,” she said. “It is a betrayal.”
The National Commission for Women chairperson claimed that Channi was a threat to the safety to women and said that an investigation should be initiated against him. “If he doesn’t come clean, he is not worthy to be the chief minister,” she told ANI.
Sharma said that Gandhi did not consider the accusations made against Channi before picking him as the chief minister, PTI reported.
The women’s panel chief asked how women in Punjab...
