Vice president Venkaiah Naidu tells Renuka Chowdhury to 'reduce weight'
Renuka Chowdhary
The remarks were made during Chowdhury's farewell speek which lead to Naidu's quick wit reply, leaving the house in a laugh
India's Vice president and Rajya Sabha chairman M Venkaiah Naidu told Congress member Renuka Chowdhury on Thursday to lose weight and instead increase the weight of her party.
The remarks were made during Chowdhury's farewell speech which led to Naidu's quick wit reply, leaving the house in a laugh.
“He (Naidu) knows me from many kilos before. Sir, many people worry about my weight but in this job, you need to throw your weight around,” Chowdhury said.
To this, Naidu responded: “My simple suggestion is, reduce your weight and make efforts to increase the weight of the party”.
"Sir, the Congress is fine," Chowdhury retorted.
In another such moment, Chowdhury recalled that during her political journey in the Upper House, she was fortunate for being "the entire Opposition's united candidate to contest against Najma Heptullah for the Deputy Chair here".
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This led Naidu to immediately quip: "That would have solved many problems."
Chowdhury said from Shah Bano to Surpanakha, she has been a witness to history in the making in the House.
“The lot of women have not improved tremendously. It is a pathetic 11% even now (women’s strength in Rajya Sabha). I really think we need more women,” she said.
Rajni Patil, also of the Congress, said it was destiny that she did not get a full tenure either in the Lok Sabha or the Rajya Sabha, to which Naidu said, “then you go to Lok Sabha again,” which again evoked laughter across the House.
She also alleged discrimination against women members of Parliament, calling for a change in the mindset and urged the ruling dispensation for early passage of the Women’s Reservation Bill.
In February, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had taken a dig at Congress lawmaker Renuka Chowdhury during his speech in the Rajya Sabha, comparing her loud laughter in the House to that from Ramayana, leaving her fuming.
(With inputs from PTI)