The BJP attacked Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday for calling the RSS an all-male cult. Spokesperson CR Kesavan said, "Rahul Gandhi sermonising about treating women with respect is indeed most sadistic and cruel." The party also targeted Gandhi over his past conduct with women and a recent sexual harassment case.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) launched a blistering attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his anti-RSS remark, calling it 'sadistic' and how the Leader of Opposition was recently criticised for this conduct with women police personnel and a female journalist. Gandhi's remark is the latest in a series of scathing attacks by the him against the RSS, which marked it's 101 years on Tuesday. On Tuesday, Gandhi claimed that women within the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) support his ongoing political fight against the organisation, adding that the organisation is an all male cult and that he believes in Shiva-Shakti. Reacting to Gandhi's attack, the BJP national spokesperson on Wednesday blasted the LoP and said, "Rahul Gandhi sermonising about treating women with respect is indeed most sadistic and cruel given how Rahul Gandhi in the recent past has misbehaved improperly and inappropriately with both a female police personnel and a woman journalist," CR Kesavan said. Kesavan then targeted Gandhi over alleged party MP Angomcha Bimol Akoijam who has been accused of sexual harassment recently.   VIDEO | BJP National Spokesperson CR Kesavan on Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's remarks on women and RSS, says, "Rahul Gandhi sermonising about treating women with respect is indeed most sadistic and cruel given how Rahul Gandhi in the recent past has misbehaved improperly and inappropriately with both a female police personnel and a woman journalist. Rahul Gandhi's farcical remarks are highly hypocritical because if Rahul Gandhi truly even had an iota of respect for our women's power, Rahul Gandhi would have squarely condemned and taken action against the Congress MP who is now facing multiple charges of sexually harassing students...Right from Nehru's Congress to Rahul Gandhi's Congress, the Congress party has always been against women empowerment which is why despite being in power for more than 55 years at the Centre, the Congress party never bothered to pass the women's reservation bill." (Full video available on PTI Videos - https://t.co/bIyFWTfmBd) -- Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) October 21, 2026 "Rahul Gandhi's farcical remarks are highly hypocritical because if Rahul Gandhi truly even had an iota of respect for our women's power, Rahul Gandhi would have squarely condemned and taken action against the Congress MP who is now facing multiple charges of sexually harassing students...Right from Nehru's Congress to Rahul Gandhi's Congress, the Congress party has always been against women empowerment which is why despite being in power for more than 55 years at the Centre, the Congress party never bothered to pass the women's reservation bill." Meanwhile, the Visha Hindu Parishad (VHP) also slammed Gandhi and accused him of suffering from "intellectual bankruptcy" over his remarks describing the RSS as an "all male anti-constitutional cult" that believes women are the property of men.