The prime minister, he said, "crossed the line of political discourse" with the use of his language and his "outrageous" reference. Senior Congress spokesperson Anand Sharma termed Modi's remark as "condemnable".
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Though the prime minister did not name the character, national tv channels showed 'Surpanakha', the sister of 'Ravan', the antagonist in epic Ramayana, laughing hysterically. (After Ramayana serial, we've now had the privilege of listening to this kind of laughter)," he said.
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"Ramayana serial ke baad aisi hansi sunne ka saubhagya aaj jaake mila hai. Smiling broadly, Modi requested Naidu not to restrain the Congress MP. "What happened to you? If you have some problem, go to a doctor, please," an irritated Naidu told Chowdhury. Replying to the debate on the motion of thanks to the President's address in the Rajya Sabha yesterday, Modi had claimed the concept of Aadhaar was mooted in 1998 by the then home minister L K Advani, who spoke about a universally used national identity card.Īs Modi sought to shear the previous Congress government of the credit for Aadhaar, Chowdhury burst into a guffaw that resonated across the House chamber and drew the disapproval of Chairman Naidu. She demanded that Modi apologise to Chowdhury and the nation "for speaking in a manner which encourages disrespectful behaviour towards women". "I express my shock at the utterly sexist and downright distasteful comment against an honourable Member of Parliament, made by none less than the honourable Prime Minister of India," she said in a statement. Mahila Congress chief Sushmita Dev dubbed Modi's comment as "utterly sexist" and "downright distasteful". Despite such vexatious laugh by Renuka Chaudhary, the PM didn't get irritated." Both the Congress and its women's wing 'Mahila Congress' were livid and demanded apology from the prime minister. Responding to queries by journalists about Chowdhury's threat, Rijiju said,"I am only referring to how the prime minister didn't get annoyed. "This is highly objectionable and I am going to file a privilege motion (in Rajya Sabha)," Chowdhury told reporters minutes after Rijiju posted the prime minister's video. “It is not the kind of language which behoves the PM of a country,” she said.Rijiju, however, said he just wanted to show how Modi kept his cool despite the "vexatious" laugh. Senior Congress leader and former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit was, however, relatively measured in calling the jibe a sexist one. “What message goes to the youth when the PM and ministers pull down an empowered woman like Ms. “Nirmala Sitharaman did not laugh at all…But what does it say about all the men who were clapping loudly,” asked Chaturvedi. In what was a rather telling spectacle, all the male MPs and ministers of the BJP were seen laughing and clapping as the PM took a jibe at Chowdhary, while defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman was seen sitting quietly. “It is highly unbecoming of the PM of the country to speak this way, especially when he talks so big on women empowerment,” she added. Recalling other instances where the Prime Minister has been accused of making sexist comments, like calling Congress MP Shashi Tharoor’s late wife Sunanda Tharoor a “50-crore-rupee girlfriend”, Dev said his comments are akin to “cat calls on a street”.Ĭongress spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi too strongly defended Chowdhary arguing that “As a woman, I have a massive problem when another woman is addressed in this manner.” While BJP MP Poonam Mahajan said she was not quite sure of what happened in the Rajya Sabha, and that she does not know why Chowdhury was laughing “so loudly,” Congress leaders who spoke to ThePrint came down heavily on the PM for what they described as his “regressive mindset”.Ĭalling the PM’s comment a “cheap” and “sexist” one, Congress MP Sushmita Dev said, “The Prime Minister has a psychological block in understanding the role of women in Indian society since he has abandoned his own mother and his own wife.” Hours later, Amit Malviya, who heads the BJP’s IT cell, tweeted a video of Surpnakha, a demon in the Ramayana, comparing Chowdhary’s laughter to hers. After the Ramayan serial, we have got the fortune of hearing this kind of laughter today),” the PM had said.
(Chairman sir, I request you to not say anything to Renukaji. Ramayan serial ke baad aisi hansi sunne ka saubhagya aaj jaake mila hai. “ Sabhapati ji meri aapse vinti hai Renuka ji ko kuch mat kahiye.
New Delhi: Coming out in strong defence of former union minister Renuka Chowdhury, women leaders of the Congress party have lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for mocking Chowdhury in the Rajya Sabha Wednesday for laughing loudly during his remarks on Aadhaar. All the male MPs and ministers of the BJP were seen laughing and clapping as the PM took a jibe at former union minister Renuka Chowdhary.
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