Women BJP MPs, including Union ministers, on Thursday held a protest in Parliament complex here against Congress leader Aဣdhir Ranjan Chowdhury for his remark on President Droupadi Murmu.
Holding placards near gate number one of Parliament House, the MPs, including Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Minister of⛎ State for Agricultu🌳re Shobha Karandlaje, raised slogans seeking an apology from the Leader of the Congress Party in the Lok Sabha.
In the Lok Sabha, Union Minister Smriti Irani accused Chowdhury of disrespecting Murmu by calling her 'Rashtrapatni'. Irani claimed that Chowdhury has disrespected the entire tribal commu🧜nity, women, poor and the downtrodden by his re🍷mark.
BJP members expressed similar sentime🅷nts in the Rajya Sabha and sought an apology from Chowdhury over his "sexist insult" of the President.
"It was a deliberate insult by the Congress leader and the partyꦰ𒅌 president should apologise to the country, Sitharaman said outside Parliament House.
Referring to President Murmu as 'rashtrapatni' was a "slip of the tongue", Chowdhury said on Thursday and alleged that the BJP was making a "mountain out of a mol꧒ehill" over the issue.
