Rahul Gandhi says he and PM Modi do not have ‘wife issue’ in Lok Sabha

Rahul Gandhi, during a Lok Sabha debate, made a light-hearted remark that he and Prime Minister Narendra Modi do not have a “wife issue”, while highlighting the influence of women in their lives and praising Priyanka Gandhi’s speech

New Delhi: Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Friday, in a friendly banter, said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and he do not have “the wife issue”, as the Congress MP emphasised that everyone has learnt from women in their lives.

Participating in a debate in the Lok Sabha on the three bills introduced for amendments to the women’s quota law and setting up a delimitation commission, Gandhi said women are a driving force in the national imagination and perspective.

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“All of us in this room have been influenced, taught, and have learnt a lot from women in our lives – from mothers, sisters, and wives,” Gandhi said.

“Of course, the prime minister and I do not have the wife issue, so we do not get that input, but we have our mothers and sisters,” he said while referring to Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju’s light-hearted remark that he got a scolding at home as he did not pen a poem for his wife like Union minister Arjun Ram Meghwal did.

Gandhi also lauded his sister and Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi’s speech in the Lok Sabha on Thursday.

“Yesterday, I watched my sister achieve in five minutes what I have not been able to do in 20 years of my political career – make Amit Shah Ji smile,” Gandhi said to peals of laughter.