Remark on President: Complaint filed against Sonia Gandhi in Bihar court

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Bihar: A complaint was filed against Congress leader Sonia Gandhi before a court in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district for her 'poor thing' remark on President Droupadi Murmu.
Sudhir Ojha, a lawyer from Muzaffarpur, lodged a complaint against Gandhi on Saturday, requesting the registration of an FIR for allegedly showing disrespect to the nation's highest constitutional authority. Ojha also named Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as co-accused and sought legal action against them as well.
"Sonia Gandhi has insulted President Murmu by making the 'poor thing' remark. It's a disrespect to the highest constitutional authority in the country. Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra are co-accused in it. A case should be registered against them under sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS)," Ojha told the media after filing the complaint before the CJM court in Muzaffarpur.
The court will hear the matter on February 10.
After the President's joint address to Parliament before the Budget session, media outside the House asked Sonia Gandhi about Murmu's nearly hour-long speech.
"The President was getting very tired by the end... she could hardly speak, poor thing," Sonia Gandhi, the former Congress chief, was heard saying in clips about how long the address was.
Rahul Gandhi described the speech as "boring" in one of the clips. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was also present there. The Rashtrapati Bhavan later released a statement, calling the remark "unacceptable" and saying that Murmu was not tired. Rashtrapati Bhavan condemned the remark without naming Sonia Gandhi.
"While reacting to the media on the Hon'ble President's address to Parliament, some prominent leaders of the Congress party have made comments that clearly hurt the dignity of the high office, and therefore are unacceptable," Rashtrapati Bhavan said in a statement.