New Delhi, Apr 18:
Taking a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi said on Friday that both the Prime Minister and him do not have “wife issues.” The remark drew laughter from the Members of Parliament during the extended Budget session.
LoP Gandhi made the remark during a debate in the Lok Sabha, a day after Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal introduced the Constitution (One Hundred and Thirty-First Amendment) Bill and the Delimitation Bill, 2026. Union Home Minister Amit Shah had also introduced the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026.
He said, “Women are a central force, a driving force in our national imagination, our national perspective. Every single person in this room have been influenced and also learnt a lot from women in their lives.” “Mothers, sisters, wives, as (Kiren) Rijiju said, of course the Prime Minister and I don’t have wife issues, so we don’t get that input but we have our mothers and our sisters,” the LoP joked.
Rahul Gandhi’s reaction followed after Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju made a reference to Law Minister Meghwal, who had recited a poem dedicated to his wife on Thursday while speaking on the Women’s Reservation Bill. Rijiju jokingly said, “We got scolded yesterday because of this that if the Law Minister can recite a poem for his wife, why can’t you all. I, personally, got a scolding yesterday.”