“He has already apologised”: Sonia Gandhi on Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury’s ‘Rashtrapatni’ remark

New Delhi: Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi said today that MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has already apologised for his remark against President Droupadi Murmu.

#WATCH | “He has already apologised,” says Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on party’s Adhir Chowdhury’s ‘Rashtrapatni’ remark against President Droupadi Murmu pic.twitter.com/YHeBkIPe9a

— ANI (@ANI) July 28, 2022

Sonia Gandhi’s statement comes minutes after Congress MP Adhir R Chowdhury said that there is no question of apologising.

Meanwhile, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary said that he had used the term “Rashtrapatni” for President Murmu by mistake.

He said that the ruling party was deliberately trying to make a mountain out of a molehill.

#WATCH | “There is no question of apologising. I had mistakenly said ‘Rashtrapatni’…the ruling party in a deliberate design trying to make mountain out of a molehill,” says Congress MP Adhir R Chowdhury on his ‘Rashtrapatni’ remark against President Murmu pic.twitter.com/suZ5aoR59u

— ANI (@ANI) July 28, 2022

Today, the matter was raised inside the Parliament after women MPs, including Nirmala Sitharaman, protested against Adhir Chowdhury’s comment demanding an apology from the party.

This is a developing story.