Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday hit back at Congress President Rahul Gandhi over his recent remarks on women's safety, stating that the former party under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has always pushed for gender justice.

While speaking at women conclave 'Mahila Adhikar Sammelan' event, Prasad said, "Rahul needs to be responsible when he makes such kind of sweeping and baseless allegations. Today, the highest numbers of women MPs, MLAs, Mayors etc are in the BJP. We permitted women pilots to fly fighter planes of Indian Air Force. I'm very proud to say that Modi-led government has given significant position to women leaders throughout the country".