NEW DELHI: BJP on Tuesday slammed leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and said he did not greet President Droupadi Murmu at the event held to mark Samvidhan Diwas in Parliament.
Posting two clips of the event on X, BJP said, “Rahul Gandhi is so arrogant that he did not even greet the President. Just because she comes from the tribal community, is a woman and Rahul Gandhi is the scion of Congress? What kind of a cheap mentality is this?” In one of the videos, Rahul was seen taking his seat on the dais even before the President sat down. Congress president and leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, who was standing next to Rahul, was seen prompting him to get up.
In another video, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, PM Narendra Modi and Kharge were seen greeting the President but Rahul did not appear to be greeting her. “Congress always disrespects President Droupadi Murmu ji. President kept standing, Shehzada (scion) sat down. Didn’t greet the President,” read the caption in the video clips posted by BJP.