New Delhi: BSP parliamentarian Satish Chandra Mishra yesterday urged the government to take steps to ban daily TV soaps, saying they depicted women in poor light.
“TV serials show women to be scheming all the time. It is causing social damage,” the Bahujan Samaj Party member said while participating in a debate on the working of the women and child development ministry in the Rajya Sabha.
“There was a serial ‘Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi’. It showed women in poor light... Interestingly, the woman in the serial who fought against all the exploitation is a minister now,” he said, referring to Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani.
“Something should be done to ban these serials,” he said.
Raising an objection, veteran actor and Rajya Sabha member Jaya Bachchan said the TV soaps were a mirror to the society.
“I object to this. What you are saying is not true. These stories are written based on real life experiences. It is a mirror to the society,” Jaya Bachchan said.
IANS
