Watch PM Modi Take A Dig At Renuka Chowdhury By Comparing Her Loud LOLs To Ramayana Character

Remember when there was too much chaos in a classroom and the teacher would say, “Is this a class or a fish market?” I’ve often imagined what our teachers would compare the utter pandemonium that reigns in the Parliament to! Makes you feel sorry for the Speakers of both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha who somehow manage to retain their sanity. Though sometimes, out of this chaos comes something pure gold. Much like what happened in the Rajya Sabha yesterday between PM Narendra Modi and Congress leader Renuka Chowdhury, ft. Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu!

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in the middle of his speech when something he said set off Renuka Chowdhury into raucous laughter.

PM was willing to carry on but was interrupted by a rather disapproving Chairman Venkaiah Naidu who then reprimanded Ms. Choudhury for LOL.

“I will have to name you Renukaji for your unruly behaviour.”

However, PM Modi sharp quip in response to this is what got the Upper House and the Internet guffawing with laughter!

It’s better watched then read about so here you go!

Guess which character in Ramayana is the Prime Minister referring to listening to Renuka Chowdhary’s laughter? pic.twitter.com/GvjZ6TGNOc

— Amit Malviya (@malviyamit) February 7, 2018

Now that was a total curve ball from our PM! And Chairman Naidu’s reaction was hilarious too!

Post the session, in an interview, Renuka Chowdhury remarked that PM’s remark was denigrating women.

#WATCH Congress MP Renuka Chowdhury speaks on PM Narendra Modi’s comment on her laughter in Rajya Sabha pic.twitter.com/9ZwBdM5Eiq

— ANI (@ANI) February 7, 2018

However, Twitter was mighty impressed with the jibe and made all the possible Ramayana references!

1. BJP IT Head Amit Malviya went on to conduct a ‘guess the character’ game and then shared a video clip of Surpanakha, a demoness who was Raavan’s sister.

https://twitter.com/malviyamit/status/961236215893757953

2. One Ramayana laugh from the call centre!

Hahahahahhahhahahahhahahhahahhahaha. #RamayanLaugh

— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) February 8, 2018

3. In today’s episode of Ramayana…

“Sruphnakha reporting back to Raavan, How Ram & Laxman teamed up to insult her & cut her nose” ~ Ramayana (7323 B.C.) pic.twitter.com/8YtTuxfuh9

— Yo Yo Funny Singh (@moronhumor) February 7, 2018

4. Comedy Nights With Kapil?

Renuka Choudhary 's horse laugh in Parliament still ringing in my ears! Ramayana and Mahabharata , plus Kapil Sharma show combined.

— Shobhaa De (@DeShobhaa) February 7, 2018

5. Fake news alert!

https://twitter.com/LimesOfIndia/status/961227201315201025

6. Cast away!

https://twitter.com/giniromet/status/961237271306489856

7. That’s a general observation by most people that Ms. Chowdhury might have gotten it right.

https://twitter.com/anshulbhartiya/status/961487949983600641

8. Applause!

Hate him or like him. He is the Master Orator. That Ramayana jibe to Renuka was hilarious. #ModiHitsBack

— Mitesh Jain 🇮🇳 (@MK7786) February 7, 2018

9. Of course there had to be a RaGa joke!

When you didn't know what happened in Ramayan. #ModiHitsBack pic.twitter.com/6rLMUKCIXo

— Punk (@punk_hardik) February 7, 2018

10. Ouch.

Epic Characters with most evil laughter
#ModiHitsBack pic.twitter.com/jTPfLpPUAd

— RITIK HMP (@RitikRai619) February 7, 2018

11. Nice idea, no?

#RenukaChowdhury can easily replace #ArchanaPuranSingh in a #ComedyShow. #PMSlamsCongress #ModiHitsBack

— Ashoke Pandit (@ashokepandit) February 7, 2018

12. Some people had a counter argument for Ms. Choudhury’s ‘denigrating women’ remark.

While she dines, her maid stands and watches. Is this not denigrating the status of a woman? #RenukaChoudhary #RenukaChowdhury pic.twitter.com/zgAIwrobo1

— Dr. Sridhar Rao (@microrao) February 7, 2018

13. Okay then!

https://twitter.com/BadalTweets/status/961430744466800640

However, there were those who believed that Modi’s jibe was rather unbecoming of him as the Prime Minister of a country and also quite insulting.

1. Not cool.

So it's not cool for woman MP to cackle in Parliament but totally cool for Vice President to suggest she see a doc (cos #MentalIllness?) and for PM to compare her to a demoness whose nose was cut off? And then for all the menfolk to cackle? #misogyny #RenukaChowdhury

— Ranjitha Gunasekaran (@ranjim) February 7, 2018

2. Sick!

Except @nsitharaman, the boys club is busy thumping the desk and celebrating a misogynist comment by the Prime Minister of India,really sick! #RenukaChowdhury https://t.co/R80gRHZ0zH

— vijaita singh (@vijaita) February 7, 2018

Some even called Venkaiah Naidu’s reaction better than the PM’s!

Frankly, I feel the better quip came from Vekaiah Naidu – "what's wrong with you, if you're not well, go see a Doctor". #RenukaChowdhury #RenukaChaudhary

— GhoseSpot (@SandipGhose) February 7, 2018

There’s no denying the comeback was a rather smart and sassy. But is it really denigrating to women? Or is it commensurate with the Renuka Choudhury’s disrespect for the Upper House decorum? That’s for the beholder to decide.