New Delhi/IBNS, Jan. 31 -- Amid row over Congress leader Sonia Gandhi's remarks about President Droupadi Murmu after the latter's Parliament address on Friday, her daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra defended saying the comments were being misinterpreted.

The row erupted after a video clip emerged showing Sonia Gandhi, speaking informally with her children, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, commenting on President Murmu's apparent exhaustion following her speech.

The BJP has termed the remarks as derogatory and has triggered the latest flashpoint between the ruling party and the Congress.

"My mother is a 78-year-old lady, she has simply said that 'the President read such a long speech and she must have been tired, poor thing'. She ful...