BJP leader Smriti Irani has hit back at Rahul Gandhi over his social media post describing the RSS as an "all-male anti-constitutional cult" that treats women as subordinate to men. Calling his remarks cheap, Irani questioned the Congress leader's attitude towards women and referred to an alleged incident involving a woman police officer. The exchange has triggered a fresh political confrontation between the BJP and Congress over the RSS's treatment of women and Rahul Gandhi's criticism of the organisation.