Ex-Colleague Defends Rahul Gandhi Amid Row Over Parliament 'Flying Kiss'

As a controversy erupted after an alleged 'flying kiss' gesture by Congress MP Rahul Gandhi with BJP's Smriti Irani training guns at the leader, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi called his gesture "affectionate". "I don't understand that when he was speaking, all the ministers were standing up. Ministers were creating obstructions. He made an affectionate gesture, what problem do you have with it? You are habitual of so much hatred that you fail to understand any gesture of love, of affection," Ms Chaturvedi said.