Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu recently asked Congress member Renuka Chowdhury to lose weight and make efforts to increase the weight of her party instead after Chowdhury, in her farewell speech stated, “He (Naidu) knows me from many kilos before. Sir, many people worry about my weight but in this job, you need to throw your weight around.”

To which, Naidu responded, saying “My simple suggestion is, reduce your weight and make efforts to increase the weight of the party.”

Chowdhury also recalled that during her political journey in the Upper House, she was fortunate for being the entire Opposition's united candidate to contest against Najma Heptullah for the Deputy Chair.

To this Naidu quipped, “That would have solved many problems.”