Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina shake hands in Dhaka, Bangladesh. (Source: AP photo)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi faced flak on social media website Twitter for his remark that his Bangladesh counter part Sheikh Hasina has resolved to fight terrorism with zero tolerance “despite being a woman.”
While delivering a lecture at Dhaka University in Bangladesh on Sunday, Modi said that despite being a woman the Bangladesh Prime Minister has vowed that her government will have zero tolerance against terrorism. Modi congratulated her for her approach.
Micro-blogging site Twitter was abuzz with tweets calling Modi’s comment ‘sexist’.
In response to the remark, Twitterati have also posted pictures of women who have achieved remarkable heights in their fields.
Congress party’s spokesperson Sanjay Jha had tweeted: “At core, RSS/BJP are misogynistic, bigoted, chauvinistic and sexist. Narendra Modi is just another manifestation of it. #DespiteBeingAWoman.”
Bollywood actor Twinkle Khanna responded with humour that,”Hahaha-No #DespiteBeingAWoman for us-secretly we are all men-just carefully shave our moustaches off every morning”
“#DespiteBeingAWoman in Islamic nation, Sheikh Hasina *is* PM & has courage & conviction to stand up against terrorism. Why the negativity?!,” said another tweet.
In no other country,would a man who had openly lied on his marital status for years, deliberately,would have become PM. #DespiteBeingAWoman
— Sanjay Jha (@JhaSanjay) June 8, 2015
At core, RSS/BJP are misogynistic, bigoted, chauvinistic and sexist. Narendra Modi is just another manifestation of it. #DespiteBeingAWoman — Sanjay Jha (@JhaSanjay) June 8, 2015
Narendra Modi committed perjury by willfully falsifying his marital status for several years in his election affidavits. #DespiteBeingAWoman
— Sanjay Jha (@JhaSanjay) June 8, 2015
Hahaha-No #DespiteBeingAWoman for us-secretly we are all men-just carefully shave our moustaches off every morning:) https://t.co/RrD238QA16
— Twinkle Khanna (@mrsfunnybones) June 8, 2015
#DespiteBeingAMan I can’t think of a single wise crack to use the #DespiteBeingAWoman hashtag.
— Omar Abdullah (@abdullah_omar) June 8, 2015
Two power women #DespiteBeingAWoman https://t.co/oAfLcH4Jy0
— Priyanka Chaturvedi (@priyankac19) June 8, 2015
So why is anyone surprised with this #DespiteBeingAWoman statement that the PM made?Reflects the majority of our populace,no? #DemocracyDay
— Sona Mohapatra (@sonamohapatra) June 8, 2015
#DespiteBeingAWoman she did not fight for her rights as his legally wedded wife nor for the respect accorded to a PM’s wife in 7 RCR.
— Rana Ayyub (@RanaAyyub) June 8, 2015
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