Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned for the day on Thursday as furore continued over Congress leader Adhir Ra♏nj🐻an Chowdhury referring to President Droupadi Murmu as 'rashtrapatni'.
As the ℱHouse resumed at 4 pm, MPs from both treasury and the Opposition were shouting.
Kirit Premjibhai Solanki, who was on Chair, urged members to take t�🍰�heir seats. As pandemonium continued, he adjourned the proceedings for the day.
Earlier in the day, when the House met at 🐼11 am, BJP members were up on their feet demanding an apology from Congress president Sonia Gandhi over Chowdhury's remark.
"The Congress leader has disrespected the President. T🤡he Congress cannot tolerate that🉐 Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a poor tribal woman the Presidential candidate," Union Minister Smriti Irani said.
A𝐆mid the furore, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla adjourned the proceedings of the House till 12 noon.
Similar sce🦄nes were witnessed when the House reassemblꦇed.
"Sonia Gandhi should apologise for Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury's remarks," Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad🌸 Joshi said amid the din.
Later, BJP member Rajendra Agarwal, who was in the Chair, adjourned the pro✤ceedings till 4 pm.
Earlier, Irani said Murmu has become the tar🦹get of the Congress' hatred.
"Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury's remark ꩲis anti-Adivasi, anti-poor and anti-woman,"ꦅ she said.
Targeting Gandhi, Irani alleged that the Con▨gress president "sanctioned humiliation" of a poor tribal woman who has occupied the highest constitutional ღpost in the country.
"S🔯onia Gandhi, maafi maango (Sonia Gandhi, aꦉpologise). Your male leaders are disrespecting a poor tribal woman," the minister said.
Such humiliation of Murmu will not be tolerated by the poor, tribals and wome♐n of the country, she added.
BJP MPs strongly supported Irani, inviting counter-protes🤪ts from Congress members.
Chowdhury is the leader of the Co𒀰ngress in the Lok Sabha and made the remark on Murmu while talking to the media during his party's protests over a host of issues.
Later, the Congress leader told reporters🍎 outside Parliament that referring to Murmu as 'rashtrapatni' was a "slip of the tongue" and accused the BJP o💯f making a "mountain out of a molehill" over the issue.
The president is called 'rashtrapati' in Hindi.
(With PTI inputs)
