Goa, Aug. 26 -- Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi has come out in support of actor Kriti Sanon after she faced criticism on social media over her outfit in a Raksha Bandhan jewellery advertisement.

Gandhi shared Sanon's response to the trolling on his Instagram Story and defended her right to make her own choices.

"What a woman wears, what she does and where she goes - is her choice," Gandhi wrote, adding, "Stop trolling women for exercising their freedom." He also used the hashtag #SmashThePatriarchy, which he recently featured at his all-woman 'Chhatron Ki Goonj' rally in Pune.

The controversy began as a social media debate over Sanon's appearance in the jewellery brand's Raksha Bandhan campaign. The issue esc...