BJP Nationwide President, Jagat Prakash Nadda, strongly criticized the Kerala authorities for its inaction on the Justice Hema Committee report, which highlighted extreme points throughout the Malayalam movie business. Talking at an occasion in Palakkad, Nadda accused Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan of intentionally stalling the implementation of the report’s suggestions, implying that the involvement of Communist Get together of India (Marxist) (CPM) leaders could possibly be the rationale for the delay.
“I’m very sorry to say that the Hema Committee report very particularly mentioned that communist occasion individuals are concerned. The Chief Minister ought to come out,” Nadda asserted throughout his interplay with distinguished personalities from numerous fields in Kerala’s Palakkad district.
Allegations of Suppression and Corruption
Nadda additional alleged that the Kerala authorities’s reluctance to behave on the report suggests a cover-up. “Why the delay in justice to the Hema Committee report? What’s stopping them? What’s haunting you? Since you are half and parcel of that. It’s one thing you need to disguise as a result of your individuals are concerned,” he mentioned, straight difficult the state administration’s integrity.
Justice Hema Committee Report
The Justice Hema Committee, established to look at the working situations of girls within the Malayalam movie business, submitted its report in December 2019. The findings, which have been solely made public on August 19, 2023, paint a grim image of systemic exploitation and abuse. Based on the report, the business is managed by a strong, all-male ‘mafia,’ and ladies who refuse to adjust to calls for for sexual favors face extreme penalties, together with harassment and profession sabotage.
Widespread Sexual Harassment Allegations
Because the launch of the report, at the very least ten circumstances have been filed in opposition to distinguished figures within the Malayalam movie business. These embrace administrators VK Prakash and Ranjith, actors Siddiqui, Mukesh, Jayasurya, Maniyanpilla Raju, and Idavela Babu, in addition to Advocate Chandrasekharan and manufacturing controllers Noble and Vhich, all of whom have been accused of sexual harassment by numerous girls.