New Delhi, July 28 -- Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday (28 July) labelled, the newly appointed Union Education Minister Pralhad Joshi as 'most filthy type of man', citing the BJP eader's defence of the premature release of 11 men serving life sentences in the 2002 Bilkis Bano gangrape case.

On 18 October 2022, Pralhad Joshi, then the Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Coal and Mines had defended the premature release of Bilkis Bano's rapists, saying it was done "as per the legal provision".

Rahul Gandhi, standing on the steps of the Parliament, said, "Education Minister of India - the BJP puts a man who is a defender of rapists. That is the most filthy type of man. There can be no flithier ...