‘Hurt dignity': Rashtrapati Bhavan slams Sonia Gandhi's remark on President Murmu

The Rashtrapati Bhavan on Friday slammed Congress parliamentary party chairperson Sonia Gandhi's ‘poor thing’ remark on President Droupadi Murmu, calling it “in poor taste”.

In a statement, the Rashtrapati Bhavan said, "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. These leaders have said that the President was getting very tired by the end and she could hardly speak."

The President's House called the remark “farther from truth”, adding, "The President was not tired at any point. Indeed, she has believed that speaking up for the marginalized communities, for women and farmers, as she was doing during the course of her address, can never be tiring."