Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Rahul Gandhi has been batting for young women ever since the BJP singled them out for abusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

In Pune, he exhorted them to “Smash the Patriarchy”.

Anant Gupta asks if this could be a game-changer for his politics.

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