24/08/2026
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Before Rahul Gandhi lectures women on patriarchy, perhaps he should look closer to home. What could be more patriarchal than a political dynasty where the son is repeatedly projected as the family heir, while his sister, Priyanka Vadra, was kept waiting for years before getting a substantive political role? If Rahul Gandhi truly believes in equality and agency, he should practise what he preaches.
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After nearly a century of electoral drubbings, surely the writing on the wall isnât hard to read.
And while he figures that out, perhaps he should spare the confident young women of Pune the lectures. They donât need Rahul Gandhi to teach them about agency. The record on womenâs empowerment speaks louder than the rhetoric.
Under PM Shri Narendra Modi:
đ 3.12 crore PMAY-G houses have been completed, with around 75% of beneficiaries being women.
đŧ 1,02,054 startups have at least one woman director/partner.
đ° More than 3.46 crore women are Lakhpati Didis, with the target now at 6 crore.
đ¤ 10.14 crore SHG members are part of 94.31 lakh SHGs, putting women at the centre of grassroots economic empowerment.
âī¸ The Triple Talaq law gave Muslim women legal protection.
đī¸ The Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam provides for 33% reservation for women in Parliament and State Assemblies.
And hereâs a revealing measure of womenâs political voice.
Across the 15thâ17th Lok Sabhas, womenâs seat share was almost identical in the BJP and Congress: 12.3% vs. 11.5%.
Yet BJP women had a Voice Ratio of 1.16, while Congress women had just 0.62. In other words, BJP women spoke 16% more than their seat share would suggest; Congress women spoke 38% less. In the 17th Lok Sabha: BJP 1.16 | Congress 0.57.
And it was the Modi government that gave India its first full-time woman Defence Minister and first full-time woman Finance Minister: Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman.
Another pathbreaking facet: womenâs entry into the Armed Forces has also expanded significantly under the Modi government, including through the NDA and Permanent Commission across multiple arms and services.
During in May 2025, an Indian Air Force female Flight Lieutenant flying a Su-30MKI was part of the strike package targeting the Lashkar-e-Taiba headquarters in Muridke. Multiple women officers also served as pilots and weapon system operators on Su-30MKI and Rafale jets during the 88-hour conflict.
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So Rahul Gandhi, before shouting âSmash the patriarchy!â, perhaps smash your dynasty first. But thatâs all you have, sadly. Indiaâs women donât need lectures. They need opportunity, ownership, representation and the freedom to lead.
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