Congress desires to view President’s workplace by way of prism of caste, faith: Piyush Goyal

By PTI

NEW DELHI: Leader of the House within the Rajya Sabha Piyush Goyal on Thursday accused the Congress of insulting the President of India by utilizing derogatory phrases towards her, and charged that the opposition now desires to view the President’s workplace by way of the prism of caste and faith.

Speaking within the House quickly after it met after the primary adjournment, Goyal stated the Congress has not solely insulted the President and all ladies of the nation, but additionally tribals in addition to the whole higher home.

Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury had on Wednesday described President Droupadi Murmu as “rashtrapatni”.

As protests erupted over the problem, Chowdhury on Thursday accused the BJP of constructing a “mountain out of a molehill” over the matter, and stated the time period was used solely as soon as by mistake and he by no means supposed any disrespect to the president.

Slamming Congress over the matter, Goyal stated, “Today, the entire country is seriously concerned that the President has been insulted and it will not tolerate this”.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi ought to apologise to the President of India and the whole nation, he stated.

The union minister stated Chowdhury repeated this insult once more by saying the President could be a Brahmin or an Adivasi.

“Does the Congress wants to see the President’s office through the prism of caste and religion. They want to divide the President like this. What does he mean to say,” Goyal requested.

He stated the Leader of the Congress, whereas describing the problem as “minor”, has accused the ruling social gathering of making uproar over the matter.

“But the matter is of concern to the entire country and is agitating everyone,” he stated. “I condemn the remarks and demand that the Congress president apologise to the entire nation,” Goyal stated Leader of Opposition within the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge stated the MP involved is a member of the Lok Sabha and the problem can’t be raised within the Rajya Sabha.

However, the deputy chairman stated the remarks have been made exterior the House. Earlier, union minister Nirmala Sitharaman raised the problem and demanded an apology from the Congress president for the comment.

“Chowdhury’s comments were not a slip of tongue. It was a deliberate sexist insult against the President,” Sitharaman stated She stated at a time the whole nation is rejoicing on the choice of a self-made girl from a tribal background because the President, “for the leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha to call her ‘rashtrapatni’ in a ‘pati-patni’ (husband-wife) kind of a level, has insulted the President of India.”

“I demand an apology from the president of the Congress party who herself is a woman,” she stated.

NEW DELHI: Leader of the House within the Rajya Sabha Piyush Goyal on Thursday accused the Congress of insulting the President of India by utilizing derogatory phrases towards her, and charged that the opposition now desires to view the President’s workplace by way of the prism of caste and faith.

Speaking within the House quickly after it met after the primary adjournment, Goyal stated the Congress has not solely insulted the President and all ladies of the nation, but additionally tribals in addition to the whole higher home.

Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury had on Wednesday described President Droupadi Murmu as “rashtrapatni”.

As protests erupted over the problem, Chowdhury on Thursday accused the BJP of constructing a “mountain out of a molehill” over the matter, and stated the time period was used solely as soon as by mistake and he by no means supposed any disrespect to the president.

Slamming Congress over the matter, Goyal stated, “Today, the entire country is seriously concerned that the President has been insulted and it will not tolerate this”.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi ought to apologise to the President of India and the whole nation, he stated.

The union minister stated Chowdhury repeated this insult once more by saying the President could be a Brahmin or an Adivasi.

“Does the Congress wants to see the President’s office through the prism of caste and religion. They want to divide the President like this. What does he mean to say,” Goyal requested.

He stated the Leader of the Congress, whereas describing the problem as “minor”, has accused the ruling social gathering of making uproar over the matter.

“But the matter is of concern to the entire country and is agitating everyone,” he stated. “I condemn the remarks and demand that the Congress president apologise to the entire nation,” Goyal stated Leader of Opposition within the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge stated the MP involved is a member of the Lok Sabha and the problem can’t be raised within the Rajya Sabha.

However, the deputy chairman stated the remarks have been made exterior the House. Earlier, union minister Nirmala Sitharaman raised the problem and demanded an apology from the Congress president for the comment.

“Chowdhury’s comments were not a slip of tongue. It was a deliberate sexist insult against the President,” Sitharaman stated She stated at a time the whole nation is rejoicing on the choice of a self-made girl from a tribal background because the President, “for the leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha to call her ‘rashtrapatni’ in a ‘pati-patni’ (husband-wife) kind of a level, has insulted the President of India.”

“I demand an apology from the president of the Congress party who herself is a woman,” she stated.