SP MP Priya Saroj Slams Union Budget 2026: Not Women-Centred | OTV

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The Vice President of India???

With two women MPs asking to speak as the discussion on the Arms Amendment Bill, 2019 was wrapping up on Tuesday evening, the Rajya Sabha Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu remarked that he thought women did not need firearms and that others would protect them.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/women-dont-need-firearms-venkaiah-naidu/article30271368.ece/

“In my opinion, women don’t need firearms, others will protect you,” he said.

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Women don’t need firearms: Venkaiah Naidu

Others will protect them, Rajya Sabha Chairman tells MPs