New Delhi: After massive uproar over his sexist remarks against Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Monday expressed regret on the floor of Lok Sabha.
Singh claimed that he had no intentions to hurt anyone. "I did not intend to hurt anyone. If my comment has hurt anyone's sentiments, I express regret," he said.
As soon as the Lok Sabha resumed after a break of one month, Congress MPs were up in arms and called for Singh's resignation and an apology from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. They shouted slogans against Singh and claimed that several Union ministers and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs had been making "derogatory comments" on women, their rivals and other sections of the society but the Prime Minister was yet to act against them.
"The statements being made by various minister and MPs on women is a serious matter. They should not use such language and the Prime Minister must act," said Kharge while pointing towards Giriraj's comments.
Rejecting the Congress demands of an apology by the Prime Minister, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs M Venkaiah Naidu targeted the opposition and accused it of dragging Narendra Modi's name into every incident while adding that such statements should not be be made.
"The Prime Minister is nowhere in this picture. The issue raised is an important issue that needs to be responded to. Nobody from the government approves such comments and that too personal comments. This sort of comment is not acceptable," said Naidu.
Singh had kicked up a major row with his controversial remarks at Hajipur on where he asked whether Congress would have accepted Sonia's leadership if she was not white-skinned. Singh had also mocked Rahul Gandhi's absence from the political scene and likened it to the "missing Malaysian airliner".
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