After backlash from Opposition leaders, officials from the Ministry of External Affairs on Saturday said that they had “no involvement” in the press interaction with the Afghanistan foreign minister where woman journalists were not given space.
MEA had no involvement in the press interaction held yesterday by the Afghan FM in Delhi, officials said.
The Ministry’s reaction comes after multiple opposition leaders criticised the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, and their display of gender bias on Indian soil.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, while criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi, posted on X, “Mr Modi, when you allow the exclusion of women journalists from a public forum, you are telling every woman in India that you are too weak to stand up for them.”
“In our country, women have the right to equal participation in every space. Your silence in the face of such discrimination exposes the emptiness of your slogans on Nari Shakti,” the Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition added.
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