Samajwadi Party MP and veteran actor Jaya Bachchan sparked a row today after she questioned Operation Sindoor’s name and asked why it was named so when the Pahalgam terror attack “destroyed the sindoor” of so many women. Speaking in Rajya Sabha during the debate on Operation Sindoor, Ms Bachchan started her speech by expressing her condolences to the families of the 26 innocents murdered in Pahalgam’s Baisaran Valley on April 22. Addressing the treasury benches, she said, “I would congratulate you on the writers you have hired. You give grand names. Why did you name it ‘Sindoor’? Sindoor toh ujad gaya (sindoor was destroyed), the wives of those who were killed.” Ms Bachchan was also riled when MPs from the ruling party interrupted her speech. “Either you speak or I will speak. When you speak, I don’t interrupt. When a woman speaks, I never interrupt. So please mind your tongue,” she said.
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