Congress ally and PRP leader Jaydeep Kawade has stooped to a new low with a sexist jibe at Union minister Smriti Irani. Talking about Irani, Kawade said she wears a big bindi on her forehead and the size of the bindi denotes the number of husbands she has.

People's Republican Party (PRP) leader Jaydeep Kawade said, "Smriti Irani sits beside Gadkari and talks about changing the Constitution. Let me tell you a thing about Smriti Irani. She wears a big bindi on her forehead and someone told me that when a woman changes her husbands frequently, the size of her bindi keeps growing."

"Smriti ji, who is a minister for Gadkari and Modi, sits in the Parliament and talks about changing the Constitution, but she should remember that changing the Constitution is not as easy as changing your husband," said Kawade in his sexist rant against the Union textiles minister.

In a season of misogynistic comments against women politicians ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, Jaydeeo Jawade's rant is a new low.

Earlier, a BJP MLA had hit out at BSP chief Mayawati saying she does facial and colours her hair, how can she comment on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's lifestyle.

The same politician, MLA Surendra Singh of Uttar Pradesh had said that if Haryanvi dancer-singer Sapna Choudhary joins Congress, it would suit the Gandhi family as she is also a dancer like Sonia Gandhi. The BJP MLA then went on to suggest that Rahul Gandhi should marry Sapna Choudhary as both the women are dancers.

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi, who recently took charge as the party in-charge of UP East, was also at the receiving end of several sexist jibes, including some commenting on her attire while others calling her just a pretty face.

(With inputs from Kamlesh Sutar)