AAP forms sexual harassment complaints committee

New Delhi, Jan 6: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday became the "first" political party in the country to have an internal committee on

as per the Vishaka guidelines of the

.

"It would be a committee of three women members - Atishi Marlena, Preeti Sharma Menon and Leela Ramdas - who will look after women-related complaints," Dilip Pandey, a member of the AAP political affairs committee, said at a press conference here.

AAP was the first political party in the country to have such a committee.

While Atishi Marlena and Preeti Sharma Menon are members of the party, Leela Ramdas is a social activist.

Pandey claimed that the AAP was the first political party in the country to have such a committee.

The Vishaka judgment by the Supreme Court laid down the guidelines for employers for dealing with complaints of sexual harassment/assault at the workplace, and stipulated the formation of committees to dispose of complaints from victims.

IANS