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Parliament Monsoon Session: Amid controversy over an alleged 'flying kiss' gesture by Rahul Gandhi with BJP's Smriti Irani training guns at the leader, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi came in support of Congress MP calling his gesture "affectionate".

"I don't understand that when he was speaking, all the ministers were standing up. Ministers were creating obstructions. He made an affectionate gesture, what problem do you have with it? You are habitual of so much hatred that you fail to understand any gesture of love, of affection," Chaturvedi said, as quoted by news agency ANI.

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Despite his disqualification, Rahul Gandhi's words were not driven by animosity, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader said. "You disqualified Rahul Gandhi as an MP and ousted him from his residence. He came back after winning his cases. Still, he is not talking to you out of hatred. If you have a problem, it is your problem and nobody else's," she added.

A massive controversy erupted after Smriti Irani accused Rahul Gandhi of passing a flying kiss in the Parliament. On Wednesday, Congress MP from Wayanad spoke for the first time in the Lok Sabha on a no-confidence motion after being reinstated as MP. Responding to Gandhi's gesture, BJP MP Irani said, "Only a misogynist man can blow a flying kiss to parliament that seats women MPs".

The accusation from Irani triggered a row in the lower house as a result several National Democratic Alliance (NDA) women MPs wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker OM Birla alleging the Congress MP of making inappropriate gestures and displaying indecent behaviour in the House.

"I would like to draw your attention towards the incident in the House by Rahul Gandhi, MP from Wayanad, Kerala. The said member has behaved in an indecent manner and made inappropriate gestures towards Smriti Irani, Union Minister and Member of this House while she was addressing the House. We demand stringent action against such behaviour by the Manner, which has not only insulted the dignity of women members in the House, it has also brought disrepute and lowered the dignity of this august House," the letter read.

 

(With ANI Inputs)