In in the latest instance of its continued face-off with the central government, ahead of the crucial Telangana Assembly elections later this year, the ruling BRS has decided to boycott the customary address by President Droupadi Murmu to the joint session of Parliament on Day one of the Budget session, which gets underway on Tuesday.
President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday said that the tragic road accident in Jammu and Kashmir s Poonch was deeply distressing and wished for the speedy recovery of the injured.
The controversy over Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury s Rashtrapatni remark refused to abate as BJP MP Harnath Singh Yadav on Saturday demanded that Congress chief Sonia Gandhi should apologise to the whole country while Chowdhury should seek forgiveness by touching President Droupadi Murmu s feet.