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Renuka Chowdhary accuses PM Modi of 'denigrating the status of a woman'; gets slammed by Smriti Irani

Union textile minister Smriti Irani lashed out at Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member Renuka Chowdhury after the latter accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of sexism.

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Union textile minister Smriti Irani lashed out at Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member Renuka Chowdhury after the latter accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of sexism.

"I was present there. I heard the kind of indecent remarks she was making on PM Modi. Is it justified that she makes indecent remarks & when those remarks are met sarcastically she makes her gender her shield?" Irani told reporters outside Parliament House.

PM Modi had evoked laughter in the upper house when he asked Rajya Sabha Chairman and Vice President of India Venkaiah Naidu to not admonish Chaudhary, who was continuously laughing while PM Modi was addressing the house.

"Chairman Sir, please do not stop Renuka Ji from laughing. It is after the Ramayana serial that the nation heard such kind of laughter," PM Modi said, which evoked laughter from BJP leaders present in the house.

A visibly miffed Chowdhary told ANI, "PM made a personal remark, what else do you expect from him? I can't fall to that level to reply to him. This is actually called denigrating the status of a woman," she said.

Earlier, speaking on motion of thanks to President's address in Rajya Sabha, Modi again attacked Congress and said, While criticising BJP, you start criticising India. While attacking Modi, you start to attack India. (BJP ki burai karte karte aap Bharat ki burai karne lag jaata hain. Modi par hamla bolte bolte aap Hindustan par hamla bolne lag jaate hain)

Stating that he fails to understand why some people feel bad when India improves its ease of business rankings, Modi said, "We want Mahatma Gandhi's India. Even the Congress wants 'Gandhi's India.' - the India of the Emergency, Bofors, Chopper scams. When a big tree falls......remember these lines...is this the India Congress wants."

The Prime Minister also said that the government is always looking for suggestions, feedback, and input on the schemes, "Let us work together in providing the poor quality and affordable healthcare."

"You call us name changers....we are aim changers  - we work hard and have ushered in a paradigm shift in the working of the government. Innovative projects are being thought about and completed in a time-bound manner," Modi said.

"I have always said that for the nation's development so far, all the previous governments' have made a contribution," Modi added.

 

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