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

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

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

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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 me while he was speaking in Jaipur on Wednesday, where he chided Prime Minister for asking 'a woman' to protect him. dressing a rally in Jaipur, Congress president h said:

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

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

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

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