Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, a leader in the Congress, said on Thursday that he will apologise to President Droupadi Murmu for the statement about "rashtrapatni," which he said was a slip of the tongue. He further charged that the BJP was making a "mountain out of a molehill" out of the situation. I accidentally said "rashtrapatni" only once, and it was a slip of the tongue. He informed reporters outside Parliament that he had never intended to be disrespectful to the President. Later, in a video address, he claimed that everyone appreciated India's president, whether he or she was tribal or Brahmin. The situation is being blown out of proportion, and I have no desire to bring our nation's highest office into disrepute. said Chowdhury. Prior to this, Union ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Smriti Irani took the offensive both within and outside of Parliament, claiming that Chowdhury used the phrase with full knowledge that it denigrated Murmu and her office. Adhir
