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After the Bharatiya Janata Party demanded an apology from Sonia Gandhi for Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury’s remarks insulting President Droupadi Murmu by referring to her as ‘rashtrapatni’, Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi said, “Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has already apologised.”
“He has already apologised,” Sonia Gandhi responded to the media on party’s Adhir Chowdhury’s ‘rashtrapatni’ remark.
#WATCH | “He has already apologised,” says Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on party’s Adhir Chowdhury’s ‘Rashtrapatni’ remark against President Droupadi Murmu pic.twitter.com/YHeBkIPe9a
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“There is no question of apologising. I had mistakenly said ‘rashtrapatni’, now if you want to hang me for it, then you can…the ruling party, in a deliberate design, trying to make mountain out of a molehill,” said Chowdhury on his remark.
Later speaking to ANI Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said, I can’t even think of insulting the President. It was just a mistake. If the President felt bad, I will personally meet her and apologise. They can hang me if they want. I am ready to get punished but why is she (Sonia Gandhi) being dragged in this?.
On the BJP charge that Sonia Gandhi spoke in threatening tone to Smriti Irani, Congress Leader Gaurav Gogoi rubbished the BJP charge when he was quoted as saying , The party which raises slogans in the name of women, today they have shown how they have humiliated another woman (Sonia Gandhi). Our leader was humble and polite. If BJP thinks such small behaviour is going to affect her, it is their mistake.
Gogoi further alleged , Today we saw a very shameful behavior towards our leader Sonia Gandhi inside Lok Sabha. Objectionable slogans were raised against her. But being a fearless leader, Sonia Gandhi went to the women MPs, but BJP MPs behaved in a very ill-mannered way.
Earlier Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaking to media alleged, Some of our Lok Sabha MPs felt threatened when Sonia Gandhi came up to our senior leader Rama Devi to find out what was happening during which, one of our members approached there & she (Sonia Gandhi) said “You don’t talk to me”.
