Dumka, March 8 -- Amidst the ongoing political row related to President Droupadi Murmu's recent West Bengal visit, CPI-M leader Brinda Karat on Sunday called it a "minimum requirement" that state government representatives welcome the President, while also cautioning that constitutional positions must remain above politics.

Speaking to ANI, Karat said that the President is a constitutional position and stated that, since Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee could not personally go to welcome President Murmu, a senior functionary of the government should have represented her on the occasion.

"When the President visits a state, it's a minimum requirement that representatives from that state's government be present to welcome her, and she is our...