India, April 28 -- Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has rejected union minister Kiren Rijiju's claim that he "agreed" to his party being anti-women. In an interview earlier, Rijiju had said that in a conversation after the Parliament session ended recently, Tharoor "in a way" accepted that Congress was anti-women.

"Shashi Tharoor said that Congress may be anti-women, but no woman would consider Shashi Tharoor anti-women," Rijiju said in an ANI interview, a clip of which was widely shared online.

In the interview, Rijiju said that Tharoor told him Congress "may be anti-women" but he himself wasn't perceived like that. When asked if Tharoor accepted that Congress anti-women, Rijiju replied: 'That is what he meant.in a way he accepted that Congr...