PM Modi Slams Sonia Gandhi: ‘Congress Royal Family Insulted President Murmu’

PM Modi Slams Sonia Gandhi: On Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a swipe at Congress stalwart Sonia Gandhi for calling President Droupadi Murmu a "poor thing," saying the "royal family" insulted "a daughter of the tribe."

"Droupadi Murmu ji has come here from a tribal family. Her mother tongue is not Hindi, it is Odia. She wonderfully inspired the Parliament today and gave a speech. But the royal family of Congress has started insulting her. A member of the royal family said that the tribal daughter gave a boring speech. Another member went one step further and called the President a poor thing. They find the speech of a tribal daughter boring," PM Modi said at a political rally in Delhi.

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According to PM Modi, the remark was an insult to 10 crore tribal brothers and sisters.

"This is an insult to the 10 crore tribal brothers and sisters of the country. This is an insult to every poor person in the country...They like abusing people, defaming India in foreign countries and talking about urban Naxals. Delhi has to be very cautious. Out of fear of losing, these two egoists have joined hands," he was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.

Reacting to President Droupadi Murmu's joint address to Parliament, Sonia Gandhi said, “The President was getting very tired by the end...She could hardly speak, poor thing.”

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Nadda condemned the phrase on behalf of BJP.

"I and every BJP Karyakarta strongly condemn the usage of the phrase "poor thing" by Smt. Sonia Gandhi for Honourable President of India, Droupadi Murmu Ji. The deliberate usage of such words shows the elitist, anti-poor and anti-tribal nature of the Congress Party," he said.

The remark was also condemned for being in poor taste by the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

"While reacting to the media on the Hon’ble President’s Address to the Parliament, some prominent leaders of the Congress party have made comments that clearly hurt the dignity of the high office, and therefore are unacceptable," it said.

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