Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 28 (ANI): Condemning Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury for his 'Rashtrapatni' remark on President Droupadi Murmu, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said the Congress leader insulted the nation and should apologise.
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): There was an apparent face-off between Union Minister Smriti Irani and Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday in Lok Sabha over Congress MP and leader of opposition Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury's comments on President Droupadi Murmu.
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): Amid backlash over the "Rashtrapatni" remark, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Thursday said that he can't even think of insulting President Droupadi Murmu and he will personally meet her and apologise.
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): While demanding an apology from Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi, Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday said that Congress Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary deliberately called President Droupdai Murmu 'Rashtrapatni' and repeated it twice.
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): The Rajya Sabha was adjourned till 2 pm Thursday amid uproar by BJP MPs over Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury allegedly insulting President Droupadi Murmu by calling her 'Rashtrapatni'.
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): The Lok Sabha was adjourned till 4 pm on Thursday amid ruckus created by the BJP over Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury's remarks addressing President Droupadi Murmu as "Rashtrapatni".
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday demanded an apology from Sonia Gandhi claiming that the controversial remark by Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury against President Droupadi Murmu was a "deliberate sexist insult".
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): 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 apologised."
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): Union Minister Smriti Irani on Thursday hit out at the Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi, who was present in the Lok Sabha and said that the latter sanctioned the humiliation of President Droupadi Murmu through male Congress leaders.
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): Both the Houses of the Parliament were adjourned till 12 noon on Thursday as BJP MPs demanded for an apology from the Congress over Congress MP Adhir Chowdhury's controversial remark against President Droupadi Murmu.
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Thursday said that there is no question of apologising as he had mistakenly referred to President Droupadi Murmu as 'Rashtrapatni'.
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): Union Minister Smriti Irani on Thursday slammed the Congress and demanded an apology for maliciously targeting President Droupadi Murmu and said the country knows that the opposition party is "anti-tribal, anti-Dalit and anti-women".