Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has criticised the remark of Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury calling Droupadi Mumru as "Rashtrapatni”, saying such a remark is highly condemnable.
“This remark is atrocious and an insult to the Constitution of India as well as an insult to the matra shakti of India. As the President of India is the highest constitutional post, the remark is also an insult to the country in a way,” Yogi said in a statement here on Thursday.
He said: “I condemn the Congress MP and Congress for this indecent remark. They should apologise to the countrymen for this condemnable act. This country can never accept any such comment.”
Yogi Adityanath said that Congress should also take the blame for the behaviour of its MP and it could not shy away from its accountability.
The controversy was triggered by Chowdhury when he referred to President Droupadi Murmu as "Rashtrapatni" in a comment to a Hindi news channel.
When a hue and cry was raised, he admitted his mistake, saying it was a slip of tongue.
Bharatiya Janata Party state president Swatantra Dev Singh also criticised Chowdhury for his comment and said that it was an insult to the tribal women.
“The women who rose to the highest constitutional post should not be treated this way,” Singh said in a statement.