'Apologise now!': Outraged netizens blast Rahul Gandhi for sexist comments against Raksha Mantri Nirmala Sitharaman

Congress president Rahul Gandhi has provoked outrage with his misogynist remarks against Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Responding to Rahul Gandhi's statements, Union Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj called out the Congress president saying his comments mark a "new low" in Indian politics, with Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani putting out a tweet with the hashtag #MisogynistRahul.

In the aftermath of the controversy over Rahul Gandhi's comments, outraged people have also taken to social media to slam the Congress president, saying that he has insulted women and demanding his apology to the Defence Minister.

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Read some of the tweets here:

Columnist Anand Ranganathan points out and compares 'Nirmala Sitharaman's credentials with Rahul Gandhi's credentials:

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Rahul Gandhi has come in for significant criticism for a sexist utterance made while he was speaking in Jaipur on Wednesday, where he chided the Prime Minister for asking 'a woman' to protect him. Addressing a rally in Jaipur, the Congress president had said:

"The Prime Minister with the 56-inch-chest didn't come even once to the people's court - the Parliament. We smashed the Raksha Mantri's speech. 56-inch-chest Prime Minister said to a woman, Sitharaman ji 'protect me', I will not be able to protect myself."

The National Commission for Women also took cognisance of Rahul Gandhi's sexist remark and issued a notice to the Congress president saying that his remarks were "misogynistic, offensive and unethical and showed an extreme disrespect towards the dignity and honour of women in general". The notice further demanded Rahul Gandhi to provide a satisfactory explanation to the Commission.

Read the notice here

The NCW chairperson alps pointed out the travesty entailed in the president of a national party making a misogynistic statement, calling it an 'irony' that Rahul Gandhi considers 'an accomplished Defence Minister of the largest democracy as a weak person'. 

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