Rahul Gandhi criticised BJP MP Anant Kumar Hegde for his statement claiming that hands that touch Hindu women must be chopped. Hegde ridiculed Rahul Gandhi and also said that Mahagatbandhan was formed to conduct mass suicide.
Anant Kumar Hegde's remark on chopping those hands that touch Hindu girls earned the wrath of Rahul Gandhi, who said Hegde was not fit to be an MP. To which, Hegde reacted and said that Rahul Gandhi does not know the difference between Rafale and a three-wheel-cycle. He also ridiculed the Mahagatbandhan and said that it was not formed to take on Modi suring Lok Sabha election, but to commit mass suicide.