Taking a jibe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his remarks during his recent visit to the US, first-time BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj has said she would switch roles with him so that she wouldn’t embarrass India on an international platform.

In a wide-ranging discussion during the NDTV Yuva Conclave on Thursday, Ms Swaraj also spoke about the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata, Atishi taking over as the chief minister of Delhi, and said that the Narendra Modi government is one of the most feminist dispensations ever.

To a question on which current political leader she would switch roles with, the BJP MP immediately said Rahul Gandhi, the leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha.

Elaborating, she said in Hindi, “Rahul Gandhi… So that when I go abroad, I don’t embarrass my country on an international platform.”

Ms Swaraj’s remarks were seen as a dig at some of Mr Gandhi’s comments during the US visit, which had also been criticised by PM Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, among others.

Answering a question on reservation, the Congress leader had said, “We will think of scrapping reservations when India is a fair place

Asking a Sikh member of the audience his name, the Congress leader had said: “The fight is about whether he, as a Sikh, is going to be allowed to wear a turban in India; or whether, he, as a Sikh, will be allowed to wear a kada in India; or whether he, as a Sikh, is allowed to go to a gurdwara. That’s what the fight is about, and not just for him, but for all religions”.