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.
Delhi | BJP MPs including Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman protest against Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on his ‘Rashtrapatni’ remark against President Droupadi Murmu, demand apology from Congress party pic.twitter.com/dXHL7OCtwy
— ANI (@ANI) July 28, 2022
In another low, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, condescendingly refers to President Droupadi Murmu as “राष्ट्रपत्नी”. The characterisation is not just sexist but reeks of disdain for a Tribal woman, who has risen from a modest background, to the highest office of land. pic.twitter.com/lsNjwcftWh
— Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) July 28, 2022
This is a developing story.
