
‘Poor thing’: How Sonia Gandhi's remark on President Murmu's speech has sparked a controversy
FirstpostFollowing President Droupadi Murmu’s address in Parliament at the start of the Budget session, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi said she ‘appeared very tired’ and ‘could hardly speak, poor thing’, while her son Rahul Gandhi dismissed the address as ‘boring’. The remark has ignited a storm with criticism pouring from PM Narendra Modi and other BJP leaders After President Droupadi Murmu delivered her customary address to Parliament, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi remarked to reporters that the President appeared “very tired" during her speech, while her son, Rahul Gandhi, dismissed the address as “boring." PTI Congress leader Sonia Gandhi has sparked a major controversy after she referred to President Droupadi Murmu as a “poor thing” following her address in Parliament at the start of the Budget Session on Friday. Droupadi Murmu has worked… pic.twitter.com/d5R3n8ULYa — ANI January 31, 2025 Similarly, Union Minister for Education Dharmendra Pradhan called Gandhi’s remark an “unprecedented insult to the President.” PM Modi reacts Condemning Sonia Gandhi’s remark, PM Modi during an election rally in Delhi’s Dwarka said the Congress family’s “arrogance was on full display today.” “President Droupadi Murmu addressed Parliament. #WATCH | Delhi: On Sonia Gandhi's remarks on President Murmu and her speech, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra says, "My mother is a 78-year-old lady, she has simply said that 'the President read such a long speech and she must have been tired, poor thing'.she fully respects… pic.twitter.com/xNQTydHUAX — ANI January 31, 2025 “My mother is a 78-year-old lady, she has simply said that ’the President read such a long speech and she must have been tired, poor thing’.
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