New Delhi- The opposition on Saturday termed the absence of female journalists from a press conference of visiting Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi “unacceptable” and an “insult to women”, and said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s silence in the face of such discrimination exposes the “emptiness” of his slogans on Nari Shakti.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Modi over the absence of female journalists from the presser, saying by allowing “exclusion” of women scribes from a public forum, the prime minister is telling every woman in India that he is “too weak to stand up for them”.

Gandhi also said that Modi’s silence in the face of such discrimination exposes the “emptiness” of his slogans on Nari Shakti.

In a post on X, Gandhi said, “Mr.

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