New Delhi, Jan. 31 -- After Congress leader Sonia Gandhi on Friday stoked a controversy following her "poor thing" remark against President Droupadi Murmu, the BJP came up with sharp criticism.

Union Minister Anupriya Patel condemned the remark and said, "Sonia Gandhi is a very senior leader and has been the former President of Congress and is still a member of Parliament. Using words like 'poor things' for the president is extremely condemnable. Such things are not good coming from the mouth of a senior MP and leader...I condemn it..."

Meanwhile, Chhattisgarh BJP chief Kiran Singh Deo said, "What more can you expect?.. There should be a political sense regarding your remarks on respectable positions, on the First Citizen of the country...