New Delhi:
A group of parliamentarians of the Bharatiya Janata party presented a violation of a parliamentary privilege notice against the deputy of Congress, Sonia Gandhi on Monday, alleging the use of “derogatory words and slander” to describe President Druguadi Murmu while approaching a joint session of Parliament last week.
The comments, alleged the parliamentarians, were destined to “reduce the dignity of the highest position.”
“We wrote this with great dismay on certain incomparable, derogatory and degrading comments made recently made by Sonia Gandhi, a member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha), against the president of India, which guarantee a serious consideration and a disciplinary action,” the notice said.
“It is with deep concern that we highlight this statement … that it seems to degrade the height and dignity of the president of India, the greatest constitutional authority of our nation.”
“Such comments not only undermine the dignity of the office, but also violate the holiness of parliamentary conventions,” said BJP parliamentarians in their letter to the president of Rajya Sabha, Jagdeep Dhankhar.
BJP parliamentarians move the non -compliance notice of parliamentary privilege, ethics and property “through the use of derogatory and callous words against the president of India in order to reduce the dignity of the highest position” by the deputy of Rajya Sabha, Sonia Gandhi. pic.twitter.com/8n695xgPL6
– ANI (@ani) February 3, 2025
Mrs. Gandhi’s comment argued, “in no way to obtain the benefit of parliamentary privileges”, citing a sentence of the Supreme Court that said that the abuse of privileges by an MP was “difficult to digest.”
“In addition, even parliamentary ethics and the code of conduct prescribe that no member pronounces defamatory words against others … This assumes meaning when it comes to the president of India, and that also, when talking within parliamentary facilities.”
The comments, they argued, were “a clear manifestation of the elitist and antibal mentality of Mrs. Gandhi, who has not yet understood the struggle and sensitivity of a poor tribal.”
“Given the seriousness of this problem, we humbly urge you to have knowledge and initiate appropriate disciplinary action against Sonia Gandhi,” wrote the BJP parliamentarians, asking for “exemplary action.”
What Mrs. Gandhi said
On Friday, after President Murmu went to Parliament to open the budget session, Mrs. Gandhi used the “poor” phrase to describe Mrs. Murmu; He pointed out that the president seemed to be very tired and said: “… in the end he could barely speak, the poor.”
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Mrs. Murmu’s office reacted sharply to the comment, calling them “unfortunate and completely avoidable”, in “bad taste”, and said “damaged the dignity of the high position.”
Read | “Poor taste”: the prez office on the “poor” comment of Sonia Gandhi
Mrs. Murmu’s office also ruled out the fears of the president’s health.
The comment was convicted of the BJP, even Prime Minister Narendra Modi lashed out.
In X, he said that the comments were “in bad taste (and) completely avoidable”, and made fun of Mrs. Gandhi (whom he was referring as “a member of a real family”), saying that the comment had also insulted to tribal communities.
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The BJP Chief, JP Nadda, described the “deeply disrespectful” comment and said that the “deliberate use of such words … shows the elitist and anti-pougeted nature of Congress. Several other party leaders also contributed, each of The blows of Mrs. Gandhi, who was firmly defended by Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
#LOOK | Delhi: In the comments of Sonia Gandhi about President Murmu and his speech, the deputy of the Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Congress says: “My mother is a 78 -year -old lady, she has simply said that” the president reads such a long speech and there must be been tired, poor ‘… she respects completely … pic.twitter.com/xnqtydhuax
– ANI (@ani) January 31, 2025
Mrs. Gandhi Vadra accused the BJP and critics of Congress, for misunderstanding the comments, noting that the veteran leader was 78 years old. There was no bad environment in the comment, he said.
Read | “My mother is 78 years old”: Priyanka Gandhi defends Sonia Gandhi
“My mother is a 78 -year -old lady … He simply said ‘the president read such a long speech and (that) must have been tired, the poor thing’. He completely respects the president. I think it is very unfortunately, this type of Things twist the media.
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