Union minister Smriti Irani (File photo)

NEW DELHI: Women MPs of BJP and Congress were involved in a bitter fight on Monday as they accused each other of assaulting their respective colleagues. Congress MP from Kerala Ramya Haridas lodged a written complaint with Speaker Om Birla alleging that she had been “physically assaulted” inside the House by BJP’s Jaskaur Meena , a woman MP from Rajasthan, and demanded that action be taken against her.

BJP’s women MPs, led by Union minister Smriti Irani , too met Birla and complained of an alleged attack on Meena and Chikkamagaluru MP Shobha Karandlaje.

They said they were “jostled” by some opposition lawmakers, with Irani saying this was a reflection of the Gandhi family’s desperation.

A first-time MP, Haridas, in her complaint said, “On March 2, at 3 pm, inside Lok Sabha , I was physically assaulted by MP Meena. Is this repeatedly happening to me just because I am a Dalit and a woman? I request you to take action against the said MP.”

