Expect BJP to take action against S Ve: Journalist bodies

Journalist organisations today termed the remarks of actor-turned-politician S Ve Shekher on media and women scribes as disparaging, derogatory and defamatory, saying they expected the BJP to take strict action against him.

In a joint statement, they said the regressive remarks reflected a conservative mindset and a deep-rooted patriarchal bias towards all women, especially working women.

The Indian Women's Press Corps, Press Club of India, Federation of Press Clubs in India and Press Association condemn in strongest terms the disparaging, derogatory and defamatory remarks made by Shekher on social media about women journalists, they said in a statement.

Women journalists, like all working women, have had to struggle hard to establish themselves in a male- dominated industry. In addition, they also shoulder the double burden and responsibility of the home-front and workplace, they said