Modi Made A Sexist Remark About A Woman Politician, And Twitter Had The Perfect Response

"I am happy that Bangladesh Prime Minister, despite being a woman, has declared zero tolerance for terrorism," the Prime Minister said.

On June 8, Narendra Modi, praised Sheikh Hasina, the prime minister of Bangladesh, stating that she is courageous to fight terrorism "despite being a woman."

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"We know solution for everything, but not terrorism. I am happy that Bangladesh Prime Minister, despite being a woman, has declared zero tolerance for terrorism," the Prime Minister said.

The hashtag #DespiteBeingAWoman quickly rose to the top trending topic in India.

As soon as the speech was made, many people started tweeting pictures of influential and powerful women:

ProudIndian Mehek @MehekF

The 2 strong PMs #DespiteBeingAWoman

04:35 AM - 08 Jun 2015

OfficeOfSuit-Boot @dillidisco

#DespiteBeingAWoman and #12thPass Education Minister (HRD) of billion+ country

04:24 AM - 08 Jun 2015

Rizwana Rashid @rashidrizwana

#despitebeingawoman

04:03 AM - 08 Jun 2015

Gayatri Jayaraman @Gayatri__J

#Despitebeingawoman

03:58 AM - 08 Jun 2015

M.R.S.TinaRG @hiindustanii

#DespiteBeingAWoman 👍👍

04:05 AM - 08 Jun 2015

Kiran Manral @kiranmanral

#DespiteBeingAWoman

04:08 AM - 08 Jun 2015

Nigel Britto @NigelBritto

#DespiteBeingAWoman #DespiteBeingBlack The woman who stood up against discrimination by sitting down — Rosa Parks.

04:50 AM - 08 Jun 2015

Mahesh Rao @mraozing

#DespiteBeingAWoman

04:03 AM - 08 Jun 2015

Brumby(No MSG Found) @brownbrumby

"#DespiteBeingAWoman"

03:57 AM - 08 Jun 2015

Gayatri Jayaraman @Gayatri__J

#despitebeingawoman #66a

04:01 AM - 08 Jun 2015

Several people have been tweeting sarcastic tweets as well:

MrMrRajneesh @MrMrRajneesh

Congrats to my friend Supriya, who had a baby girl. Great that she could cope with labour pains, #DespiteBeingAWoman.

04:41 AM - 08 Jun 2015

Artemisia. @CatWomaniya

#DespiteBeingAWoman I pay my own bills.

04:40 AM - 08 Jun 2015

Shubha Shetty @shubhaS

I know how to tweet :) #DespiteBeingAWoman

04:38 AM - 08 Jun 2015

Ladylike Madness @LadylikeMadness

#DespiteBeingAWoman I wear men's watches.

04:38 AM - 08 Jun 2015

Gayatri Jayaraman @Gayatri__J

ok. off to work. after cooking sending kid to school to write big story and run errands. like every other woman i know #despitebeingawoman

04:18 AM - 08 Jun 2015