“President Droupadi Murmu could hardly speak”, Sonia Gandhi’s remark on President’s speech creates controversy

Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi’s reaction to President Droupadi Murmu’s address to the Joint session of the Parliament on Friday stoked a controversy. She said that the President “could hardly speak, poor thing.”

“The President was getting very tired by the end…She could hardly speak, poor thing,” Sonia Gandhi told reporters.

President Murmu’s address kickstarted the Budget Session. Emphasising that the government is working on all-round development, President Murmu said that the country has only one aim which is to become a Vikshit Bharat (developed India) and the government is working with a “saturation approach” so nobody is left in the journey.