Days after his controversy for referring to President Droupadi Murmu as ‘Rashtrapatni’, Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Sunday has written to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, calling on Union Minister Smriti Irani to subject an “unconditional apology” for yelling the identify ‘Droupadi Murmu’ with out utilizing the prefix ‘President.’
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury triggered large outrage by the BJP after his ‘Rashtrapatni’ comment, which the Congress chief stated was a “slip of tongue as not superb at Hindi.”
Nevertheless, the BJP had demanded an apology from Mr Chowdhury together with Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi.
In a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker, the Congress MP stated, “I want to reiterate that it was due to a slip of the tongue that the identify of our President Madam was dragged into the pointless and unwarranted controversy. This inadvertent mistake occurred as a result of I’m not superb at Hindi. I’ve regretted my mistake and have apologized to the President.”
Nevertheless, he identified that the style through which Smriti Irani was taking the identify of President within the Home was not correct and in consonance with the standing and place of the President.
“Nevertheless, I’ll prefer to level out that the style through which Smriti Irani was taking the identify of Madam President within the Home was not correct and in consonance with the standing and place of the President. She was yelling ‘Droupadi Murmu’ repeatedly with out prefixing President or Madam or Smt. earlier than the President’s identify. This clearly quantities to degrading the stature of the workplace of the President. Subsequently. I demand that Smriti Irani might tender an unconditional apology to the President for her disrespectful remarks and for reducing the dignity and stature of the President’s workplace,” Mr Chowdhury stated in a letter.
The issue moreover led to a battle between the BJP and Congress in Parliament, with Smriti Irani, as claimed by the BJP, being snubbed by Sonia Gandhi who apparently requested the Union minister to not focus on to her inside the Residence.
The controversial comment led to a battle between the BJP and Congress in Parliament. The BJP additionally claimed that Sonia Gandhi allegedly shouted at Smrti Irani after the Union minister reportedly intervened because the Congress interim president was talking to BJP MP Rama Devi.
On Thursday BJP MPs together with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman protested in Parliament towards Chowdhury over the comment and demanded an apology from the Congress occasion.
Notably, Chowdhury issued a written apology to President Murmu over his ‘Rashtrapatni’ comment which brought about a political furore throughout the nation.
In a letter addressed to the President, the Congress chief expressed his ‘remorse for having mistakenly used the phrase to explain the place.’ “I guarantee you it was a slip of tongue. I apologise and request you to simply accept the identical,” Chowdhury wrote within the letter.
The BJP insisted the remark by Chowdhury was not a slip of the tongue as being claimed by the Congress chief.
With inputs from NDTV
