Harinarayan Rajbhar, the BJP MP from UP's Ghosi, says no one should face injustice. (Photo: Twitter/@ani)

Should Indian men get a statutory body like the National Commission for Women (NCW) in the interest of equal justice? Harinarayan Rajbhar, a BJP MP, thinks so.

In an ANI interview, Rajbhar said such a commission should be created "on the lines" of the NCW, and that men "should also get a platform".

And the rationale for this proposal?

Rajbhar spoke of incidents "where men suffer at the hands of their wives", and said "there should be no injustice [for] anyone".

On the lines of National Commission for Women, a commission for men should be made, men should also get a platform. In the present time, we see incidents where men suffer at the hands of their wives. There should be no injustice with anyone: Harinarayan Rajbhar, BJP Lok Sabha MP pic.twitter.com/NcSz1a9v5n ANI (@ANI) September 3, 2018

Rajbhar, 68, is the MP from Ghosi, one of Uttar Pradesh's 80 Lok Sabha constituencies. And this isn't the first time he's advocated the creation of a national body for men's rights.

He brought up the issue in Parliament last month, and asked that the government establish a "Purush Aayog" to help men "suffering at the hands of their wives," according to a Press Trust of India report.

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"Several of them are locked up in jails," he was quoted as saying.

And what did Rajbhar's fellow MPs make of this idea?

They burst out laughing.

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