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BJP targets Rahul Gandhi over Manusmriti remarks, Congress defends him
BJP leaders have criticised Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi for remarks on the Manusmriti at his ‘Chhatro Ki Goonj’ outreach programme in Pune. Gandhi said the text promotes the suppression of women…
BJP leaders have criticised Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi for remarks on the Manusmriti at his ‘Chhatro Ki Goonj’ outreach programme in Pune. Gandhi said the text promotes the suppression of women and accused the BJP and RSS of trying to keep women confined.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said Gandhi had insulted India’s cultural heritage. BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi described the remarks as part of a foreign, Marxist agenda, while other BJP leaders questioned the Congress’s position on triple talaq, Sharia and the hijab. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma also accused Gandhi of targeting Hinduism and challenged him to support a Uniform Civil Code. Congress representative Pankhuri Pathak defended Gandhi’s engagement with young women. The exchange remains a political dispute over women’s rights, religious practices and cultural interpretation.
Indian Opinion Analysis
The India Today versions present a conventional exchange of allegations, though their headlines frame the dispute as a political row. Business Today gives greater space to Himanta Biswa Sarma’s attack, including his claims about Sharia, triple talaq and the Uniform Civil Code, while providing less detail on Gandhi’s original argument. The BJP framing shifts the focus from the Manusmriti to alleged Congress inconsistency across religions. The Congress response, as reported, centres on Gandhi’s discussion of women’s safety rather than answering each comparison. The balanced reading is that both sides are using women’s rights to contest political and cultural positions, with the UCC challenge now the clearest policy issue in the exchange.
Coverage: 5 sources, 4 neutral, 1 sensationalist
Sources (5): indiatoday.in (neutral report), indiatoday.in (2) (neutral report), indiatoday.in (3) (neutral report), indiatoday.in (4) (neutral report), businesstoday.in (sensationalist)
This story was synthesised by AI from the 5 sources linked above.
Updated: this story now draws on 5 sources.
