The National Commission For Women issued a notice Thursday to Congress president Rahul Gandhi for his "extremely misogynistic, offensive and unethical" remar⛦ks against Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman at a rally in Jaipur.
In the notice, the national women's panel sa🎀id it has taken suo motu cognisance of news repꦅorts which appeared in various print and electronic media dated January 9 "wherein it is reported that you have allegedly made remarks insulting against a woman minister".
"What is @rahulgandhi trying to imply with his misogynistic statement- "... ek mahila say kaha meri raksha kiijiye."? Does he think women are weak? The irony- calling an acc🅰omplished defence minister of the largest democracy a weak person. @nsitharaman @narendramodi @ncwin༒dia," NCW chief Rekha Sharma tweeted.
Gandhi at the farmers' rally on Wednesday had said, "The watchman with a 56-inch chest ran away and told a woman, Sitharaman j♌i, defend me. I won't be able to defend myself, defend me."
The NCW in the notice said, "It has been reported that you allegedly said "..... the PM ran away and asked a 'mahila '- a veiled reference to Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman - to defen❀d him".
The commission said the remarks are extremely misogynistic, offensive, unethical and shows an extreme disrespect towards the dignity and honour🥀 of women in general.
It also said that the NCW "strongly condemns such irꦯresponsible and disparaging views of persons holding responsible positions".
Prime Minister Narendra💫 Modi also tore into Gandhi for his remarks.
Reacting to the prime min♓ister's scathing criticism, Gandhi, in a tweet, said, "With all due respect Modi Ji, in🐽 our culture respect for women begins at home."
PTI
