New Delhi Feb 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday took a dig at Congress member Renuka Chowdhury over her loud laughter at his claim that the idea of Aadhaar was conceptualised during the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government.
"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 " Modi said to the thumping from the treasury benches.
The Prime Minister s remark came after Rajya Sabha Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu warned Chowdhury over her behaviour.
"I will have to name you Renukaji for your unruly behaviour " remarked Naidu after Chowdhury laughed at the Prime Minister s claim over Aadhaar.
While replying to the Motion of Thanks on the President s address Modi said that the Congress keeps saying we brought Aadhaar.
"Let me remind them about a debate in the Rajya Sabha on July 7 1998 L. K. Advani as Home Minister of the country said in reply to a question that a multi purpose identity card will also be used for passport driving licence and others. It is in his speech that you will find the genesis of Aadhaar " Modi said.
Later talking to reporters Chowdhury described the Prime Minister s jibe as anti-women.
"He (the Prime Minister) has made a personal comment which denigrates the status of women. If he would have spoken this outside parliament then there would had been a case against him according to law " she told reporters.
"How can a Prime Minister speak like this? This shows his culture. I can t go to that extent " she added branding the BJP and the Modi-led NDA government as anti-women.
CPI(M) leader T.K. Rangarajan also hit out at Modi and the BJP over the issue.
"This government is anti-women. When Women Reservation bill was brought in Rajya Sabha they supported it and today when I moved an amendment over the same issue they voted against it. They are male chauvinists " Rangarajan told reporters.
He said that the BJP is now seeking to divide the Muslims on the issue of triple talaq. "They are not for women."
--IANS
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