Bollywood's 'Big B' rejoices as wife Jaya

Bollywood's 'Big B' rejoices as wife Jaya returns to Parliament
Posted on Monday, 24 July 2006 (EST)
Smiling and shaking hands with his well-wishers outside Parliament, Big B escorted his yellow sari-clad wife up the stairs of the Central Hall of Parliament, and beamed as she was re-administered the oath of secrecy.

New Delhi, July 24: When he usually converses, Amitabh Bachchan is monosyllabic, but on Monday, the veteran actor gave vent to his suppressed feelings in jubilant fashion. The occasion, his wife Jaya's return as a member of Parliament after being suspended from attending its sessions for almost four months by the President. Smiling and shaking hands with his well-wishers outside Parliament, Big B escorted his yellow sari-clad wife up the stairs of the Central Hall of Parliament, and beamed as she was re-administered the oath of secrecy by the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha and Vice-President of India, Bhairon Singh Shekhawat. Talking to reporters before her oath-taking ceremony, Jaya said the color yellow represented spontaneity and communication. Hubby Amitabh Bachchan was joined in the rejoicing by Samajwadi Party major domo Amar Singh and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav. Jaya Bachchan had lost the Rajya Sabha membership due to a complaint filed against her in the Election Commission that she was ineligible for the post, as she was the chairperson of the Uttar Pradesh Film Development Corporation, a position that fell under the Office of Profit clause. Before re-filling her nomination for the Rajya Sabha membership, Jaya had resigned as the chairperson of the UPFDC. Jaya Bachchan was disqualified as a member of Rajya Sabha on March 16. Her disqualification was with retrospective effect from July 14, 2004, ten days after her election on July 4, 2004 when she was appointed to the Film Council post.

The Supreme Court had earlier on May 8 dismissed Jaya's petition challenging her disqualification. A bench headed by Chief Justice YK Sabharwal said that the law on this issue is settled since 1954 and what is material is not whether the person actually received any remuneration or pecuniary gains, but whether the office he or she holds is itself of profit. (ANI)

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