After PM's remark, Renuka Chowdhury brands Modi government 'anti-women'

Attacking PM Narendra Modi for his remark against her loud laughter, Congress Rajya Sabha MP Renuka Chowdhury said that it denigrated the status of a woman.

"He has once made a long speech against Aadhar card publically. Now he is saying that Aadhar was conceptualized when Advani Ji (Lal Krishna Advani ) was there. This shocking claim made me laugh. He passed a personal comment against me. Denigrating a status of a woman is a crime. It is now established beyond doubt that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is against women. How can a Prime Minister speak like this? This shows his culture. I can't go to that extent," said Chowdhury to ANI.

Chowdhury had burst into a laughter yesterday during PM Modi's Rajya Sabha speech, in which he countered Congress's claim of being the originator of Aadhaar by saying that the then Home Minister L K Advani had in 1998 spoken about an all-purpose national ID in Rajya Sabha.


Following this, Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu had chided the members for their "unbecoming" behaviour and asked them to resume their places.

Reacting upon Naidu's statement, PM took a jibe at Chowdhury saying, "Sabhapati ji meri aapse vinti hai Renuka ji ko kuch mat kahiye. Ramayan serial ke baad aisi hansi sunne ka saubhagya aaj jaake mila hai."