It isn’t every day that a Rahul Gandhi speech goes down without controversy. In a recent video from a rally in Amravati, Maharashtra, the Indian National Congress MP and the star campaigner for his party, made some pointed and irrefutable remarks about the unpaid work women do at home.

“Every woman in this country works outside the home for eight to 10 hours, followed by an eight-hour shift at home,” he said, listing cooking and child care as responsibilities that naturally fall to women and have never been accounted for. “Men will not like what I’ve said, but this is the reality of India,” he said. In the same speech, Gandhi promised that, when it comes to power, the INDIA alliance would deposit Rs 1 lakh annually in the bank accounts of women from poor households.Gandhi’s address was received warmly, at least on Twitter, YouTube, and Reddit comments. Predictably, mainstream news channels that otherwise cannot stop talking about the PM’s ‘nari shakti (women empowerment)’ policies, failed to pick it up. No countershots have been fired by other parties either.