BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi Calls India Inc. Gender-Biased

The BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi says that the corporate sector is gender-biased. She has stressed that corporate restrain women employee from chairing the coveted position in their organization.

Addressing an event organized by ASSOCHAM, Lekhi stated, “It is not about the amount of work women put in but the positions which are restrained, they are restrained by certain circumstances not to achieve certain positions and those restrains should be cut down.”

She added, “Director is the most coveted posts in a corporate governance sector and women definitely deserve to get there.”

Quoting a study done in UK, Lekhi noted that companies that had women in important position have generated higher revenues along with progress in other aspect of business including relationship with the employees.

“So, if these are the benefits which women bring on the table how is it that we still continue to deny directorship to women, it is a very-very gender biased atmosphere because of which they are not able to achieve,” averred Lekhi.

Taking a potshot at the previous UPA government, Lekhi said that amendments and protection mechanism need to be implemented so that unsuspecting people don't get trapped.

“Governance took a back seat for past 10-15 years and that too in a very-very bad shape as the kind of scams which we have seen with the liaison between corporate and politicians is mind boggling, in any other country people would have been behind bars for 300 years and more,” she said.