Published 16:02 IST, January 31st 2025
Not Tired at Any Point: Rashtrapati Bhavan Reacts Strongly to Sonia Gandhi's 'Poor Lady' Insult Of President Murmu
Rashtrapati Bhavan deemed Sonia Gandhi's remarks on President Murmu as 'in poor taste, unfortunate and entirely avoidable'.

New Delhi: ‘The President was not tired at any point’, the Rashtrapati Bhavan issued a strong statement, condemning Sonia Gandhi 's ‘Poor Lady’ remark on President Droupadi Murmu . Without naming anyone, the President's office said it believed it might be the case that these leaders were not acquainted with "the idiom and discourse in Indian languages such as Hindi," and thus formed a wrong impression.
"In any case, such comments are in poor taste, unfortunate and entirely avoidable," the statement released by the press secretary to the President read.
‘Such comments are in poor taste, unfortunate and entirely avoidable’
“Rashtrapati Bhavan would like to clarify that nothing could be farther from the truth. 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. The President’s office believes it might be the case that these leaders have not acquainted themselves with the idiom and discourse in Indian languages such as Hindi, and thus formed a wrong impression. In any case, such comments are in poor taste, unfortunate and entirely avoidable”, the President's office said in a statement.
How Gandhis Insulted President Murmu?
Soon after the President delivered her address to the joint sitting, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were seen discussing the speech. "The poor lady, the President, was getting very tired by the end...she could hardly speak poor thing," Sonia Gandhi was purportedly heard saying in a video doing the rounds on social media.
The BJP launched a fierce attack on the Congress, demanding an unconditional apology from Sonia Gandhi. "I and every BJP Karyakarta STRONGLY CONDEMNS the usage of the phrase "poor thing" by Smt. Sonia Gandhi for Honourable President of India, Droupadi Murmu Ji. The deliberate usage of such words shows the elitist, anti-poor and anti-tribal nature of the Congress Party. I demand that the Congress Party unconditionally apologise to the Honourable President and the tribal communities of India", BJP president JP Nadda wrote on X.
Echoing similar remarks, BJP IT department head Amit Malviya said, "Sonia Gandhi referring to the President as a 'poor thing' demeans the high office and reflects her feudal mindset. This is not the first time the Congress has ridiculed the first tribal woman to hold the highest constitutional office in the country."
"Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of the Opposition, who frequently flaunts a copy of the Constitution, has not even considered making a courtesy visit to the President," he added, alleging the Congress has no regard for Babasaheb Ambedkar's Constitution, constitutional values, or those from socially marginalized backgrounds -- namely, Dalits, OBCs, and Tribals.
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Updated 21:52 IST, January 31st 2025