New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday hit out at Congress chief Rahul Gandhi for his statement directed at defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Gandhi said that PM Modi got a "woman" to defend him in Parliament while attacking him over the controversial Rafale deal at a rally.
Referring to Sitharaman's recent speech on the Rafale deal, Gandhi said Wednesday the PM got a woman to defend him in Parliament, provoking the sharp retort from Modi.
Saying that Modi was a PM who claimed to have a broad chest, Gandhi said, he had "run away" from a debate in Parliament on the issue.
"The watchman with a 56-inch chest ran away and told a woman, Sitharaman ji, defend me. I won't be able to defend myself, defend me. For two and a half hours, the woman could not defend him. I had asked a straight question - answer yes or no - but she couldn't answer," Rahul said, using the Hindi word ‘mahila' for a woman, at the rally.
Later in the speech, he accused the prime minister again of running away from the debate, but this time did not refer to the defence minister in the same manner.
In his public meeting later in the day in Agra, Modi reacted strongly to Gandhi's remark and called him sexist for insulting a woman.
"Our defence minister shut the opposition leaders in Parliament and exposed all their lies, so they have resorted to insulting her now. This is an insult to the women in the country," the PM said. The PM further added that Sitharaman defended the Rafale deal strongly.
BJP chief Amit Shah has also hit out at Gandhi and demanded an apology. “Defence Minister @nsitharaman’s outstanding speech in Parliament has silenced the opposition. Unable to counter her on facts, they’re resorting to misogyny. They owe an apology to India’s Nari Shakti," he tweeted.
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