Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury refers to President as ‘Rashtrapatni’, BJP demands apology

In the Rajya Sabha, Sitharaman said calling the President “Rashtrapatni” was a “sexist insult” because “Rasthrapati is a gender agnostic word.”

#WATCH | “There is no question of apologising. I had mistakenly said ‘Rashtrapatni’…the ruling party in a deliberate design trying to make mountain out of a molehill,” says Congress MP Adhir R Chowdhury on his ‘Rashtrapatni’ remark against President Murmu pic.twitter.com/suZ5aoR59u

— ANI (@ANI) July 28, 2022

Both Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha were adjourned due to protests from the ruling party MPs over the issue.

Earlier, BJP MPs held a demonstration at Gate No 4 against what they termed was “an insult” to the President.

Chowdhury, however, was defiant. “There is no question of apologising. I had mistakenly said ‘Rashtrapatni’…the ruling party in a deliberate design trying to make a mountain out of a molehill,” Chowdhury told reporters.