Jamshedpur: A fresh political storm erupted on Tuesday following Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s controversial remarks, which allegedly belittled President Droupadi Murmu and her predecessor Ram Nath Kovind, drawing sharp criticism from BJP leaders, who accused the grand old party of being “anti-women,” “anti-Dalit,” and “anti-tribal.”
Senior BJP leader and former Chief Minister of Jharkhand, Arjun Munda, lashed out at Kharge, questioning how he could not even pronounce the President’s name correctly.
“Kharge ji is a senior leader. Yet he mispronounced the name of the President of India. What message does this send? Is this the respect Congress has for a tribal woman who rose to the highest constitutional post?” Munda said.
Referring to past instances, Munda alleged, “The Congress never considered appointing a tribal leader to the post of President during their tenure. In fact, they actively opposed Murmu’s candidature. Now they are alleging that she was made President to loot tribal lands — this is not just false, it’s deeply insulting.”
