Maneka Gandhi on #MeToo: A committee of senior judges should look into all the cases

Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi said on Friday that she believes in all the women who have come out with complaints of sexual harassment.

She said her ministry will soon propose a committee with senior judicial and legal persons as members to look into all issues emanating from the #MeToo campaign.

"I believe in all of them. I believe in the pain and trauma behind every single complainant.

"I am proposing to set up a committee with senior judicial and legal persons as members to look into all issues emanating from the #MeToo campaign," she said in an interview.

She had earlier expressed her happiness over the fact that #MeToo campaingn has encouraged women in India to speak about their experiences and demanded that the sex harassment complaints should be allowed even 10-15 years later.

"You will always remember the person who did it, which is why we have written to the Law Ministry that complaints should be without any time limit.... You can now complain 10-15 years later, doesn't matter how much later. If you're going to complain, the avenue is still open," she had said on Monday.

With inputs from PTI