'UNACCEPTABLE': PRESIDENT'S OFFICE ON SONIA'S COMMENTS

Sonia Gandhi told mediapersons that the "President was getting very tired by the end.... She could hardly speak, poor thing" President Murmu was "not tired at any point": Rashtrapati Bhavan

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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. Her comments prompted the Rashtrapati Bhavan to issue a rare statement which, without naming Sonia Gandhi, said the remarks were unacceptable.

The senior Congress leader 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. Emphasizing 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.