Giridih, Nov. 15 -- Jharkhand Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Babulal Marandi on Sunday targeted Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi for not visiting Parliament House to offer floral tributes to Bhagwan Birsa Munda on his birth anniversary, calling it "deeply distressing" that the Congress party appears "uncomfortable with honouring or paying tribute to great tribal icons."

Speaking in Giridih on the occasion of 'Janjatiya Gaurav Divas', Marandi noted that President Droupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and the Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla had paid floral tributes to the tribal icon in Parliament earlier in the day, and alleged that Gandhi's failure to attend reflected the Congress party's "true attitude toward tribal communities."

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