New delhi:
A group of Bharatiya Janata Party MPS on MON MOVED A Breach of Parliamentary Privilege Notice Against Congress MP Sonia Gandhi, Alleging Use of “Derogatory and Slanderous Words” Urmu as she addressed a joint session of parliament last week.
The comments, the mps alleged, was meant to “Lower the Dignity of the Highest Office”.
“We Write this with great dismay about certain, derogatory, and demeaning remarks recently made by Sonia Gandhi, Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) Ous Consideration and Disciplinary Action, “The Notice said.
“It is with deep concern we highlight this statement … which appears to demean the status and Dignity of the President of India, the Highest Constitutional Authority of Oour Nation.”
“Such remarks not only undermine the Dignity of the office but also Violate the sanctity of parloementary conventions,” The BJP MPS said in their Letter to Rajya Sabha Chair Jagdeep Dhankhar.
BJP MPS Move Notice For Breach of Parliamentary Privilege, Ethics and Proprity “Through Usage of Derogatory and Slanderous Words Against Presides of India with the Motive to Lower to Lower to Lower The Dignity of the Higher Ya sabha mp sonia gandhi. pic.twitter.com/8n695xgpl6
– ANI (@ani) February 3, 2025
MS Gandhi’s Remark, they argued, “in no way get the benefits of parloementary privateages”, Citing a Supreme Court Judgement that said Abuse of Privilege by an mp was “Dificult to Digest”.
“Furthermore, even the parliamentary ethics and conduct prescriptions that no member utter defamatory words against others … Oken about within the parliamentary premies. “
The remarks, they further argued, was “a clear manifestation of the elitist and anti-Tribal mindset of ms gandhi, who is yet to understand the struggle and sensitivity of a tribal poor”.
“Given the gravity of this issue, we humble urge you to take cognisance and initiate approves discipline disciplinary action against sonia gandhi,” The BJP MPS Wrote, Calling For “Exiplary Action”.
What ms gandhi said
On Friday, After President Murmu Addressed Parliament to Open the Budget Session, MS Gandhi Used The Phrase “POOR THING” to Describe MS Murmu; She noted the president see to be gotting very tired, and said, “… by the end she could hardly spend, the poor thing.”
Read | “Poor Thing”: Row Over Sonia Gandhi’s Notes on Prez’s Speech
MS Murmu’s Office Reacted Sharply to the comment, calling them “Unfortunate and Entrely Avoidable”, in “POOR TASTE”, and Said They “Hurt the Dignity of the Dignity of the High Office”.
Read | “Poor Taste”: Prez’s Office on Sonia Gandhi’s “Poor Thing” Remark
MS Murmu’s Office also dismissed fears about the president’s health.
The remark was condemned by the BJP, with even Prime Minister Narendra Modi Lashing Out.
On x he said the remarks was “in poor taste (and) Entrely avoidable”, and mocked ms gandhi (whom he referred to as “a member of a royal family”), say also insulted tribalom.
Read | “Remarks Insult Tribals”: PM Slams Sonia Gandhi’s Prez Comnts
BJP chief jp nadda called the remark “deeply disrespectful” and said the “deliberate use of soch words … Shows the Elitist, Anti-Poor Nature of the Congress. Amming ms gandhi, who was Staunchly Defended by Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
#Watch Delhi: On Sonia Gandhi’s Remarks on President Murmu and Her Speech, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Says, “My mother is a 78-yar-ald lady, She has simply said must have been Tired, Poor Thing ‘… She Fully Respects… pic.twitter.com/xnqtydhuax
– ANI (@ani) January 31, 2025
MS Gandhi Vadra Accused the BJP, and Critics of the Congress, For Misinterpreting The Remarks, Pointing Out the Veteran Leader was 78 years old. There was no ill-intent in the comment, She said.
Read | “My mother is 78”: Priyanka Gandhi Defends Sonia Gandhi
“My mother is a 78-yar-old lady … She simply said Unfortunate this kind of thing is twisted by the media. The two are respected people …
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