Adhir Chowdhury has already apologised: Sonia Gandhi on 'Rashtrapatni' remark

After the Bharatiya Janata Party demanded an apology from Sonia Gandhi for insulting President Droupadi Murmu by referring to her as Rashtrapatni Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi said Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has already apologisedHe has already apologised Sonia Gandhi responded to the media on partys Adhir Chowdhurys Rashtrapatni remarkHowever Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary said that he had used the term Rashtrapatni for President Murmu by mistake and that the ruling party was deliberately trying to make a mountain out of a molehillThere is no question of apologising I had mistakenly said Rashtrapatni now if you want to hang me for it then you canthe ruling party in a deliberate design trying to make mountain out of a molehill said Congress Chowdhury on his Rashtrapatni remarkMeanwhile Sonia Gandhi called an urgent meeting of senior party leaders in the Congress Parliamentary Party CPP office Party leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury also calledSonia Gandhi Adhi Ranjan Chowdhury and NK Suresh met the Lok Sabha Speaker and requested Lok Sabha Speaker to give him a chance to speak on the floor of the House on the allegations made against him for his statementUnion Minister Smriti Irani slammed the Congress and demanded an apology for maliciously targeting President Droupadi Murmu and said the country knows that the opposition party is antitribal antiDalit and antiwomenThe Congress needs to apologise in Parliament and on the streets of India Smriti Irani saidIn Rajya Sabha Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman demanded an apology from Sonia GandhiIn Lok Sabha Smriti Irani spoke on Adhirs remarks and sought an apology from him and Sonia Gandhi BJP members were on their feet supporting herEver since the name of Droupadi Murmu has been announced as the candidate for the presidency of India She has been targeted maliciously by the Congress party Congressmen had termed her as a puppet candidate and Congressmen have called her a symbol of evil Their attacks do not seem to stop against Droupadi Murmu ji even after she has now been elected to the highest constitutional office of the country said Smriti Irani addressing reporters here today before the Parliament beganThe Union Minister lashed out at the opposition party which said that despite being led by a woman leader Sonia Gandhi Congressmen continue to demean women in constitutional postsPreviously Congress leader Ajoy Kumar on Wednesday had said that Droupadi Murmu represents a very evil philosophy of IndiaAjoy Kumar alleged the condition of scheduled castes in India had become worse and that Droupadi Murmu should not be used as an adivasi symbol by the ruling partyIts not about Droupadi Murmu Yashwant Sinha is also a good candidate and Murmu is also a decent person But she represents a very evil philosophy of India We should not make her a symbol of adivasi We have President Ram Nath Kovind and Hathras the gangrape and murder of a young Dalit woman in Uttar Pradesh happened Has he said a word The condition of scheduled castes has become worse Kumar saidBJP MPs including Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday also staged a protest at Parliament against the Congress MPs remarkThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever