Union Minister Kiren Rijiju, launching a fresh round of attacks on the Congress, said that Congress MP Shashi Tharoor had “in a way admitted” that the party is anti-women, citing a private conversation between the two leaders after a recent Parliament session.

“After the Parliament session had ended, Tharoor told me in the (Parliament) hall that the Congress party may be anti-women, but no woman would consider Shashi Tharoor anti-women. So I said, yes, I agree that no one would call you anti-women, but your party is anti-women,” he said in an interview with news agency ANI.

Rijiju further asserted that Tharoor “accepted in a way” that the Congress carries an anti-women stance.

“He meant that even if Congress may be anti-women, women would not consider Shashi Tharoor anti-women. So what does that mean? It means that, in a way, he also accepted that Congress is anti-women. And I also accepted that he may not personally be anti-women, but his party is anti-women,” the Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs shared.

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Apr 28, 2026 10:29 IST

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