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Sonia Gandhi’s statement on President Draupadi Murmu has sparked controversy – File photo
New Delhi : On the very first day of the budget session of the Parliament, the ruling party and the opposition have come face to face on the President’s address. Former Congress President Sonia Gandhi had commented on the President’s address and called her a ‘Poor Lady’. Sonia had said that the President was very tired in the end.
Now Narendra Modi has attacked the opposition on this.
On the very first day of the budget session of the Parliament, the ruling party and the opposition have come face to face on the President’s address. Former Congress President Sonia Gandhi had commented on the President’s address and called her a ‘Poor Lady’. Sonia had said that the President was very tired in the end. Now Prime Minister Narendra Modi has attacked the opposition on this. He said that the Congress has insulted the President.
PM Modi said that the country has seen the royal family of the Congress again. Today President Draupadi Murmu addressed the Parliament. She has reached here from a poor family of Orissa. Her mother tongue is not Hindi, she was brought up in Oriya, she addressed the parliament in a wonderful manner today, but the royal family of Congress has started insulting her. A member of the royal family said that the President gave a boring speech. One member even went further than this. Commenting on the President’s address, she called her a poor lady. She called her poor, a thing and said that she is tired.
‘Congress insulted 10 crore tribal brothers and sisters’
PM Modi said that they (Congress) find it boring when a tribal daughter speaks. This is an insult to 10 crore tribal brothers and sisters of the country. This is an insult to every tribal brother and sister of the country. He said that Congress insults poor, Dalit tribal people at every step who move forward. They like abusing people, defaming India abroad and talking about urban Naxals.
Nadda also targeted Congress
Earlier, Bharatiya Janata Party’s National President and Union Health Minister JP Nadda has posted on social media platform X regarding Sonia Gandhi’s comment on the President. He said that Sonia Gandhi used the phrase ‘poor thing’ for President Draupadi Murmu in her statement, which I and every BJP worker strongly condemn. The BJP President said that the deliberate use of such words reflects the anti-poor, anti-tribal nature of the Congress. He also demanded an unconditional apology from the Congress to the President and the tribal community.
Sonia Gandhi surrounded by the ‘Poor Lady…’ statement on Draupadi Murmu, daughter Priyanka defended her, Rashtrapati Bhavan called it unfortunate
Former Congress President Sonia Gandhi created a controversy on the first day of the budget session by saying that the President was very tired during her speech, while her son Rahul Gandhi called her speech boring. Rashtrapati Bhavan described her statement as unfortunate. At the same time, Congress MP Priyanka was seen defending her mother Sonia.
Rashtrapati Bhavan termed as unfortunate senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi’s jibe at President Draupadi Murmu’s ‘Poor Lady’ during her address on the first day of the Budget Session of Parliament. Mounting a sharp counter to the former Congress president’s statement, Rashtrapati Bhavan on Friday January 31, 2025 said that the Congress MP’s remarks were ‘Poor Taste’ and ‘Unfortunate’. In a statement, the President’s Press Secretary said that 66-year-old Draupadi Murmu did not look tired at any time during her one-hour address to start the Budget Session of Parliament.
The statement said that these statements are an insult to the dignity of the office of the President and are far from the truth. Rashtrapati Bhavan said, “The President was not tired at any time. In fact, she believes that speaking for marginalized communities, women and farmers, as she was doing during her address, can never be tiring. Leaders made a wrong assumption because they are probably not familiar with the idioms and discourse of Indian languages like Hindi.”
What did Sonia Gandhi say
In fact, former Congress President Sonia Gandhi created a controversy on the first day of the budget session by saying that the President was very tired during her speech, while her son Rahul Gandhi called her speech boring. Sonia was heard telling Rahul that the President was very tired at the end of the speech. Poor girl, she was barely able to speak. Her comment was clearly heard by the journalists around her.
Sonia Gandhi said about the President’s address that there are false promises. After which Rahul Gandhi called the President’s address boring. On this Sonia Gandhi says Poor lady … The President was very tired at the end.
BJP demanded an apology
The BJP launched a scathing attack on the Congress and demanded an unconditional apology from Sonia Gandhi. BJP IT department chief Amit Malviya said that Sonia’s remarks insult the high post and reflect her feudal mindset. Union Minister JP Nadda said that this comment exposes the elitist, anti-poor and anti-tribal nature of the Congress. He tweeted, “I demand that the Congress party should apologize unconditionally to the President and the tribal communities of India.” The President gave a speech on the first day of the session. On the first day of the budget session of Parliament, President Draupadi Murmu enumerated the achievements of the Modi government in her speech.
Addressing both the houses of Parliament, the President said that India is soon moving towards becoming the third largest economy in the world. He told about the schemes started by the central government and the changes that will happen with them. She said that loans and insurance have been made easy for everyone. President Draupadi Murmu said that our government is continuously working in mission mode, the benefits of which are also being seen. There is a lot of investment coming from abroad and due to this the youth of the country are getting employment opportunities. In her speech, she also mentioned the completion of 75 years of the adoption of the Constitution. Apart from this, she described the completion of the railway project in Jammu and Kashmir as a big achievement.
