'Manuvadi, anti-women': Rahul rips into BJP over 'pallu' remark on Congress MP

NEW DELHI: Leader of absorption successful the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi connected Saturday tore into Gujarat BJP main Jagdish Vishwakarma implicit his alleged “pallu” remark targeting Congress MP Geniben Thakor during section assemblage canvass results successful the state.Taking to X, Rahul accused the BJP of hiding down a “mask of Nari Vandana” and described the enactment arsenic “manuvadi and anti-women” successful a scathing post.

“The BJP President of Gujarat has made an indecent remark astir our pistillate MP, Geniben Thakor ji. The disguise of ‘Nari Vandana’ has travel off. This isn’t conscionable shameful—it reflects the BJP’s anti-woman mindset,” helium said.He further questioned the BJP’s committedness to women’s empowerment, asking whether the enactment could present rights oregon dignity to women.

Rahul besides alleged that women who situation those successful powerfulness are often targeted, saying specified remarks exposure a “distorted mentality.”Referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Rahul added that the BJP should retrieve its ain words connected respecting women, informing that women crossed Gujarat and the state would respond powerfully to specified insults.The contention stems from remarks made by Jagdish Vishwakarma astatine a gathering successful Banaskantha connected Thursday, wherever helium said the BJP had taken power of the territory panchayat aft 30 years from the “pallu” of Thakor’s sari.Earlier, different Congress MP had besides criticised Vishwakarma implicit the alleged remarks directed astatine Geniben Thakor.