‘Rashtrapatni’ row: Smriti Irani calls on President Murmu as Congress raises warmth towards the Union Minister

By PTI

NEW DELHI: Union Minister Smriti Irani on Friday met President Droupadi Murmu right here, a day after main the cost towards the Congress over get together chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury’s ‘rashtrapatni’ comment.

Both the Houses of Parliament had been adjourned on Friday amid uproar over Chowdhury’s feedback and different points.

““Had the privilege of calling upon the Honourable President of India Droupadi Murmu Ji along with MOS,” Irani mentioned in a tweet.

A serious political row broke out on Thursday over Chowdhury’s ‘rashtrapatni’ comment.

The BJP launched an all-out offensive towards Congress and accused Chowdhury of hurling a “deliberate sexist insult” at President Murmu and demanded an apology from Congress chief Sonia Gandhi.

Chowdhury, who’s the chief of the Congress within the Lok Sabha, mentioned he by no means supposed to disrespect the President and his ‘rashtrapatni’ comment was a “slip of the tongue”.

The go to comes amid the backdrop of Congress stepping up its assault towards the Union Minister for having a face-off with Sonia Gandhi earlier within the decrease home over Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury’s “rashtrapatni” comment and demanded motion towards her.

Congress MPs staged a protest in entrance of the Gandhi statue within the Parliament complicated demanding an apology from the federal government for Irani’s confrontation with Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday.

The Congress MPs met within the Parliament and selected their technique at a gathering of Congress Parliamentary Party chaired by Sonia Gandhi, after which they prompted disruption in each homes of Parliament with slogans towards Irani and demanding her sacking as a minister.

The Congress has accused Irani of “heckling” Sonia Gandhi contained in the decrease home.

The get together has already complained towards Irani to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla with a requirement that the matter be referred to the privileges committee for motion towards her.

The Congress additionally took sturdy objection to the style by which Union ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Piyush Goyal made references to get together chief Sonia Gandhi within the Rajya Sabha.

Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge sought to lift the difficulty in the home, however was not allowed to talk in the course of the ‘zero hour’ beneath Rule 258.

Congress chief Jairam Ramesh mentioned, “Leader of the Opposition Kharge ji not allowed to raise a legitimate point of order in the Rajya Sabha because of hungama by BJP MPs and Ministers. Adjourned till 12 noon.”

Referring to Sitharaman and Goyal’s remarks in Rajya Sabha, Kharge mentioned that it’s a time-honoured conference that reflections or essential remarks shouldn’t be made on the opposite House or members of the opposite House.

He additionally mentioned that no one who is just not a member of the House may be referred to in a derogatory method or in every other approach afflicting his or her status.

On Thursday, the row that started with Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury calling President Droupadi Murmu “rashtrapatni”, went notches up when the get together accused BJP MPs of subjecting its president to “brutal heckling, verbal assault and physical intimidation” within the Lok Sabha.

Congress MPs, protesting towards the alleged misbehaviour with Gandhi, had been joined by their colleagues from the Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) and Indian Union Muslim League (IUML).

Chowdhury’s comment on India’s first tribal president has drawn a recent battleline between the Congress and the BJP, which too has demanded an apology from Sonia Gandhi.

As the Lok Sabha adjourned quickly after 12 midday on Thursday, Gandhi walked throughout to the treasury benches and sought to know from BJP member Rama Devi why she was dragged into the difficulty.

Irani intervened and was seen gesturing in direction of Gandhi and apparently protesting towards Chowdhury’s comment.

Gandhi tried to disregard Irani’s protestations, however was quickly seen gesturing in direction of the minister and talking angrily.

NEW DELHI: Union Minister Smriti Irani on Friday met President Droupadi Murmu right here, a day after main the cost towards the Congress over get together chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury’s ‘rashtrapatni’ comment.

Both the Houses of Parliament had been adjourned on Friday amid uproar over Chowdhury’s feedback and different points.

““Had the privilege of calling upon the Honourable President of India Droupadi Murmu Ji along with MOS,” Irani mentioned in a tweet.

A serious political row broke out on Thursday over Chowdhury’s ‘rashtrapatni’ comment.

The BJP launched an all-out offensive towards Congress and accused Chowdhury of hurling a “deliberate sexist insult” at President Murmu and demanded an apology from Congress chief Sonia Gandhi.

Chowdhury, who’s the chief of the Congress within the Lok Sabha, mentioned he by no means supposed to disrespect the President and his ‘rashtrapatni’ comment was a “slip of the tongue”.

The go to comes amid the backdrop of Congress stepping up its assault towards the Union Minister for having a face-off with Sonia Gandhi earlier within the decrease home over Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury’s “rashtrapatni” comment and demanded motion towards her.

Congress MPs staged a protest in entrance of the Gandhi statue within the Parliament complicated demanding an apology from the federal government for Irani’s confrontation with Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday.

The Congress MPs met within the Parliament and selected their technique at a gathering of Congress Parliamentary Party chaired by Sonia Gandhi, after which they prompted disruption in each homes of Parliament with slogans towards Irani and demanding her sacking as a minister.

The Congress has accused Irani of “heckling” Sonia Gandhi contained in the decrease home.

The get together has already complained towards Irani to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla with a requirement that the matter be referred to the privileges committee for motion towards her.

The Congress additionally took sturdy objection to the style by which Union ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Piyush Goyal made references to get together chief Sonia Gandhi within the Rajya Sabha.

Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge sought to lift the difficulty in the home, however was not allowed to talk in the course of the ‘zero hour’ beneath Rule 258.

Congress chief Jairam Ramesh mentioned, “Leader of the Opposition Kharge ji not allowed to raise a legitimate point of order in the Rajya Sabha because of hungama by BJP MPs and Ministers. Adjourned till 12 noon.”

Referring to Sitharaman and Goyal’s remarks in Rajya Sabha, Kharge mentioned that it’s a time-honoured conference that reflections or essential remarks shouldn’t be made on the opposite House or members of the opposite House.

He additionally mentioned that no one who is just not a member of the House may be referred to in a derogatory method or in every other approach afflicting his or her status.

On Thursday, the row that started with Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury calling President Droupadi Murmu “rashtrapatni”, went notches up when the get together accused BJP MPs of subjecting its president to “brutal heckling, verbal assault and physical intimidation” within the Lok Sabha.

Congress MPs, protesting towards the alleged misbehaviour with Gandhi, had been joined by their colleagues from the Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) and Indian Union Muslim League (IUML).

Chowdhury’s comment on India’s first tribal president has drawn a recent battleline between the Congress and the BJP, which too has demanded an apology from Sonia Gandhi.

As the Lok Sabha adjourned quickly after 12 midday on Thursday, Gandhi walked throughout to the treasury benches and sought to know from BJP member Rama Devi why she was dragged into the difficulty.

Irani intervened and was seen gesturing in direction of Gandhi and apparently protesting towards Chowdhury’s comment.

Gandhi tried to disregard Irani’s protestations, however was quickly seen gesturing in direction of the minister and talking angrily.