Lucknow, Sept. 26 -- The Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee has strongly criticized the absence of both the Governor of Uttar Pradesh and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath during the visit of President Droupadi Murmu to Mathura, calling it a "blatant insult to democratic traditions" and a "disrespect to the country's first tribal woman President."UP Congress President Ajay Rai issued a sharp statement today condemning what he described as repeated instances of neglect and disregard towards President Murmu by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
"This is not the first time the BJP has disrespected the President. She was not invited to the inauguration of the new Parliament building and she was also conspicuously absent during the Ram Mandir ...