Indian Union Minister Smriti Irani today accused Congress MP Rahul Gandhi of blowing a “flying kiss” while leaving parliament after his speech during the No-Confidence Motion debate in Lok Sabha.
“Only a misogynist man can blow a flying kiss to parliament that seats women MPs,” Smriti Irani said on Rahul Gandhi, who was reinstated in parliament yesterday. The action “lacked dignity”, she charged.
“Never before has the “misogynistic behaviour” of a man been so visible in parliament. When the House of the people – where laws are made to protect the dignity of women – during the course of a session stands witness to a man’s misogyny, my question is should he be brought to task?” she questioned.
The Congress insisted that Rahul Gandhi was gesturing towards MPs of the ruling BJP who were shouting slogans. “Rahul Gandhi gestured towards the treasury benches as he was leaving with a flying kiss as he had called them brothers and sisters. He did not direct it towards any particular minister or MP, and not at all towards Smriti Irani,” a Congress leader said.
But women BJP MPs demanded action and complained to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla that Mr Gandhi had insulted women with his alleged “indecent gesture”.
