Shashi Tharoor denies being anti-women amid Women Reservation Bill row with Kiren Rijiju

On 2026-04-17, Indian MP Shashi Tharoor said after a post-adjournment exchange in the Lok Sabha that no one could call him 'anti-women,' after Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju had used that characterization in the Women Reservation Bill row. Tharoor shared the interaction on X and said Rijiju conceded the point. The event was an informal verbal exchange between national legislators in New Delhi.