'PM Modi & I Don't Have Wife Issues': Rahul Gandhi Jokes, Evokes Laughter In Lok Sabha | WATCH

New Delhi: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi engaged in a light-hearted banter in the Lok Sabha as his comment on him and Prime Minister Narendra Modi not having a wife evoked laughter from the MPs in the House.

During a debate on the Women’s Reservation and Delimitation Bills in the Parliament, the Congress MP said, “Women are a central force, a driving force in our national imagination, in our national perspective.”

He added that everyone in the room has been influenced, taught and have learnt a lot from women in their lives- from mothers, sisters and wives.

"Of course, the prime minister and I don’t have the wife issue, so we don’t get that input, but we have our mothers and our sisters," Rahul Gandhi added. MPs from both BJP and Opposition parties cracked up at his comments.

Rahul also said that a day ago he watched his sister, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, achieve something that he has not been able to achieve in around 20 years of him political career. He joked that his sister made Union Home Minister Amit Shah smile.

As the MPs laughed at his statement, the Congress leader added, “This is something that I also need to practice and learn. I was feeling very proud as an older brother [during her speech yesterday].”

Rahul Gandhi's wife remark came after Union Minister Kiren Rijiju joked that he got a scolding at home as he did not pen a poem for his wife. Rijiju had said, “Law Minister [Arjun Ram Meghwal] recited a poem dedicated to his wife in the House yesterday, after which I was scolded a lot at home.”

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