Rahul Gandhi’s Light-Hearted Remark in Lok Sabha During Women’s Quota Debate

PTI, April 17, 2026, New Delhi : Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Friday, in a friendly banter, said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and he didn’t have “the wife issue”, as the Congress MP emphasised that everyone had learnt from women in their lives.

Participating in a debate in the Lok Sabha on the three bills introduced for amendments to the women’s quota law and setting up a delimitation commission, Gandhi said women were a driving force in the national imagination and national perspective.

“All of us in this room have been influenced, taught, and have learnt a lot from women in our lives - from mothers, sisters, wives,” Gandhi said.

“Of course, the prime minister and myself don’t have the wife issue, so we don’t get that input, but we have our mothers and sisters,” he said while referring to Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju’s light-hearted remark that he got a scolding at home as he did not pen a poem for his wife like Union minister Arjun Ram Meghwal did.

Gandhi also lauded his sister and Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s speech in the Lok Sabha on Thursday.

“Yesterday, I was watching my sister achieve in five minutes what I have not been able to do in 20 years of my political career - make Amit Shah Ji smile,” Gandhi said to peals of laughter.