New Delhi. BJP national general secretary and former Union minister Smriti Irani hit back at Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, accusing him of doing cheap and petty politics regarding women. Smriti Irani said, Rahul Gandhi's thinking towards women is proved by the way he treated a woman policeman in uniform. Smriti Irani told the journalists that if he talks trivially again and again then why do you ask women to comment on this? We have a social responsibility that if Rahul Gandhi has such a lowly attitude towards women then it is our duty to sideline such a person.
#WATCH | Delhi: On LoP Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi's tweet regarding RSS, BJP National General Secretary Smriti Z Irani says, “His attitude toward women is clearly evidenced by the way he physically mistreated a female police officer in uniform. If he repeatedly makes such petty remarks, why do you even seek comments from women regarding them? We have a social responsibility: if Rahul Gandhi holds such a regressive perspective toward women, it is our duty to ensure that such an individual is Women in our society are empowered—whether they are members of the BJP or swayamsevikas within the RSS—and, in fact, women from all walks of life are insulted when such petty, low-level remarks are made. It seems that Rahul Gandhi, who serves as the Leader of the Opposition (LoP), resorts to such cheap comments simply to stay in the headlines…”
— ANI (@ANI) October 21, 2026
Smriti Irani said that how powerful a woman is in the society, that woman is not only a member of BJP, that woman who does not support RSS as a volunteer, but women from every field are insulted when Rahul Gandhi says such trivial things. Smriti Irani said that Rahul Gandhi wants to remain in the headlines by saying such trivial things.
Meanwhile, senior BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said that Congress and Rahul Gandhi should come out of petty politics and mischievous craze. As long as their dirty politics and mischievous obsessions continue, no good can come to them. Rahul Gandhi posted on his official X account, RSS is a group of men which is against the Constitution and believes that women are the property of men. I believe in Shiva-Shakti, that is why I feel very happy fighting with RSS. The best thing is that many women from his own side are with me.