Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Union Minister Smriti Irani were involved in a dramatic face-off in Lok Sabha on Thursday over Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury’s reference to President Droupadi Murmu as “Rashtrapatni”.
The sharp exchange took place in between House adjournments and will not be part of Parliament’s official records.
Mr. Chowdhury’s choice of words to refer to President Murmu to a TV channel triggered a war of words between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the principal Opposition party, with Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi demanding an apology from Ms. Gandhi.
