‘More Disturbing Than Locker Room Talk’: BJP Slams Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Hug’ Jibe At PM Modi

Bha atiya
Ja ata
Pa ty
(BJP)
IT
Cell
chief
Amit
Malviya
o
F iday
accused
Co g ess
MP
a d
Leade
of
Oppositio
i
the
Lok
Sabha
Rahul
Ga dhi
a d
pa ty
leade
Sa deep
Dikshit
of
maki g
ema ks
that,
acco di g
to
him,
we e
“fa
mo e
distu bi g”
tha
a
me e
“locke – oom
co ve satio “.

Malviya’s
ema ks
came
afte
a
excha ge
betwee
Ga dhi
a d
Dikshit
at
the
Rach atmak
Co g ess
Natio al
Co ve tio ,
whe e
the
Co g ess
leade
c iticised
P ime
Mi iste
Na e d a
Modi’s
fo eig
policy
a d
took
a
dig
at
his
i te actio s
with
i te atio al
leade s.

Ga dhi
said
the
gove me t’s
espo sibility
was
to
safegua d
the
cou t y’s
i te ests
athe
tha
“huggi g
politicia s”.
He
the
hugged
Dikshit
o
stage.

Dikshit
espo ded
by
efe i g
to
Italia
P ime
Mi iste
Gio gia
Melo i,
aski g
Ga dhi:
“Melo i
samajh
ke
toh
ahi
pakda
tha?
(You
we e & squo;t
huggi g
me
thi ki g
I
was
Melo i?)”

Malviya
Ta gets
Co g ess
Leade s

Reacti g
to
the
excha ge,
Malviya
said
the
ema ks
eflected
somethi g
mo e
se ious
tha
what
could
be
dismissed
as
a
“locke – oom
co ve satio “.

I
a
post
o
X,
he
w ote:
“Rahul
Ga dhi
a d
Sa deep
Dikshit& squo;s
ema ks
eveal
somethi g
fa
mo e
distu bi g
tha
a
me e
“locke – oom
co ve satio .”

Malviya
said
the
issue
was
the
ma e
i
which
wome
i
public
life
we e
bei g
po t ayed,
a gui g
that
they
we e
bei g
educed
to
objects
athe
tha
bei g
viewed
as
p ofessio als,
leade s
a d
i dividuals
dese vi g
dig ity.

“Let
us
ot
sa itise
this
pe ve sio
with
euphemisms.
The
c ass ess
lies
p ecisely
i
the
way
wome
i
public
life
a e
educed
to
objects
of
g atificatio
athe
tha
bei g
see
as
p ofessio als,
leade s
a d
i dividuals
dese vi g
of
dig ity.
This
is
ot
about
bei g
politically
i co ect.
It
is
about
basic
dece cy,”
he
said.

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He
fu the
c iticised
the
co duct
of
i flue tial
public
figu es
whe
speaki g
about
wome .

“Whe
me
who
occupy
public
life
speak
about
wome
i
such
a
deg adi g
ma e ,
they
expose
a
deeply
wa ped
mi dset.
Wome
a e
ot
p ops
fo
thei
fa tasies,
o
a e
they
fai
game
fo
vulga
sexual
comme ta y.
The e
should
be
o
‘locke – oom& squo;
excuse
fo
this.
Some
co duct
is
simply
abho e t,”
Malviya
added.

Rahul
Ga dhi
a d
Sa deep
Dikshit& squo;s
ema ks
eveal
somethi g
fa
mo e
distu bi g
tha
a
me e
“locke – oom
co ve satio .& dquo;

Let
us
ot
sa itise
this
pe ve sio
with
euphemisms.
The
c ass ess
lies
p ecisely
i
the
way
wome
i
public
life
a e
educed
to
objects
of
g atificatio …

—
Amit
Malviya
(@amitmalviya)

August
13,
2026

I
a othe
post,
Malviya
desc ibed
the
Co g ess
leade s’
ema ks
as
“disg aceful
a d
sla de ous,”
a d
said
“d aggi g
a
fo eig
woma
leade
i to
a
defamato y
public
tau t
shows
just
how
low
the
Co g ess
has
su k.”& bsp;& bsp;

Hima ta
Accuses
Co g ess
Of
C ossi g
‘Eve y
Li e
Of
Dece cy’

Assam
Chief
Mi iste
Hima ta
Biswa
Sa ma
also
c iticised
the
Co g ess
a d
Rahul
Ga dhi
ove
what
he
desc ibed
as
“objectio able
ema ks”
co ce i g
a
woma
head
of
state
of
a
f ie dly
cou t y.

Sa ma
said
the
comme ts
we e
ot
o ly
politically
i dece t
but
also
amou ted
to
a
attempt
to
ha m
I dia’s
fo eig
elatio s.

I
a
post
o
X,
he
said:
“Co g ess’
dy astic
leade ship
has
o ce
agai
c ossed
eve y
li e
of
dece cy
–
maki g
objectio able
ema ks
about
a
woma
head
of
state
who
leads
a
f ie dly
cou t y,
while
wome
o
the
stage
a d
i
the
audie ce
laugh
alo g”,
he
said.

He
added:
“This
is
ot
me ely
political
i dece cy;
it
is
also
a
attempt
to
sabotage
I dia’s
fo eig
elatio s.
Whe
dis espect
towa ds
wome
becomes
a
sou ce
of
amuseme t,
it
speaks
volumes
about
the
cultu e
bei g
e cou aged.”

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Sambit
Pat a
Calls
Rema ks
‘Shameful’

BJP
MP
a d
spokespe so
Sambit
Pat a
also
attacked
Ga dhi
a d
Dikshit
ove
thei
comme ts
about
P ime
Mi iste
Na e d a
Modi
a d
his
Italia
cou te pa t
Melo i.

Pat a
desc ibed
the
la guage
used
du i g
the
excha ge
as
“shameful”
a d
c iticised
what
he
called
the
decli i g
sta da d
of
Ga dhi’s
political
co duct.

“The
level
of
Rahul
Ga dhi& squo;s
la guage
a d
political
co duct
is
dete io ati g
day
by
day.
The
ki d
of
objectio able
a d
i dece t
la guage
used
agai st
co stitutio al
a d
esteemed
figu es
such
as
the
cou t y& squo;s
P ime
Mi iste
a d
Italy& squo;s
Head
of
State
is
shameful
fo
a y
civilized
democ atic
a d
political
cultu e”,
Pat a
said.

The
Co g ess,
mea while,
has
defe ded
Rahul
Ga dhi
amid
the
BJP’s
c iticism,
a gui g
that
the
Leade
of
Oppositio
had
ot
me tio ed
Melo i
by
ame.

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