Women MPs of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday lodged a formal complaint with Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla against Rahul Gandhi allegedly blowing a ‘flying kiss’ in the lower house, accusing the Congress MP of “insulting women MPs” and demanding strict action against him.

A letter signed by union minister Shobha Karandlaje and other women MPs read that Gandhi “behaved in an indecent manner” and “inappropriate gestures towards Smriti Irani while she was addressing the House”.

“The member has not only insulted the dignity of women members in the House, but it has also brought disrepute and lowered the dignity of this august House,” the letter read.

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Smriti Irani hits out at Rahul Gandhi

After Rahul Gandhi’s alleged ‘flying kiss’ gesture, Smriti Irani hit out at him during her speech on the no-confidence motion – without really naming Gandhi. “The person who spoke before me misbehaved. Only a misogynistic man can gesture a flying kiss to female parliamentarians. It shows the khandhan he comes from, and what his family and party feel about women. Such undignified conduct was never before seen in the Parliament of the country,” she said.