BJP MPs move privilege motion against Sonia Gandhi over remark on President Murmu

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs on Monday moved a privilege motion against Congress veteran Sonia Gandhi over her “poor thing” remark on President Droupadi Murmu. Sonia Gandhi triggered a controversy after she had referred to President Mumu as a “poor thing” during the latter's address to a joint sitting of Parliament on January 31.

“We write this with great dismay about certain unparliamentary, derogatory and demeaning remarks recently made by Smt. Sonia Gandhi, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, against the Hon'ble President of India, which warrant serious consideration and disciplinary action,” the MPs wrote to Rajya Sabha chairman.