Congress leader Renuka Chowdhury recently announced that that she would move a privilege notice against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for taking a jibe at her for her loud laughter in the Rajya Sabha during his reply to the President's address. She stated, “I have decided to move privilege notice against Prime Minister on this issue. I will speak to my party and then decide how to move forward. I am mother of two daughters and a wife. The Prime Minister has denigrated the status of women.”
The women delegation of Congress demanded that the PM should tender an apology as it was anti-women.
PM Modi on Wednesday took a dig at Chowdhury over her loud laughter at his claim that the idea of Aadhaar was conceptualised during the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government during which she burst out laughing and wanted to respond when Chairman Venkaiah Naidu intervened and stopped her. He said, “Chairman Sir, don't stop Renukaji. Ever since seeing Ramayana serial, for the first time I have got an opportunity to see such a laughter.”
She also said about taking similar suit against Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju after he shared a video of mythological character Surpanakha laughing which he shared on social media a day after Modi made the comment. Though he did not name her in the post, Chowdhury however believes that it was meant for her.
