‘Mask of Nari Vandana is off’: Rahul attacks BJP after its Gujarat chief ‘insults’ woman Congress MP

New Delhi: Coming down heavily on the BJP, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said its mask of “Nari Vandans” is off, exposing the saffron party’s “anti-women and Manuwadi" mindset.

In a post on X, Gandhi said the Gujarat BJP president made an “indecent remark” on woman Congress MP Geniben Thakor.

“The mask of ‘Nari Vandana’ is off. This isn't just shameful – it reveals the real face of the BJP's Manuwadi, anti-women ideology,” Gandhi said in the post in Hindi.

The row stems from a remark made by Gujarat BJP chief Jagdish Vishwakar, who told a gathering in Banaskantha on Thursday that the BJP had taken control of the district panchayat after 30 years from the “pallo” of Thakor’s sari.

Questioning the BJP’s commitment towards women’s empowerment, Gandhi asked, “Is this the way BJP worships women? Will they empower women? Will they grant them rights?” “They can't tolerate women challenging the establishment – their distorted mindset is revealed in an instant,” the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha added.

Gandhi also claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, “frightened” by questions posed by women MPs from the Congress, has already fled Parliament.

“Modi himself says, ‘Women forget everything, but never forget their insults’. But the BJP itself has forgotten this. The anti-women BJP should remember that women across India, including Gujarat, will give a befitting reply to every insult inflicted on them,” the Congress leader said.