India, March 8 -- In an attack on the ruling All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) government in West Bengal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, speaking at Women's Day event, criticised it for "insulting" President Droupadi Murmu.

This comes after President Droupadi Murmu expressed displeasure over the arrangements during her visit to the state on Saturday, calling it "shameful and unprecedented". She also underlined the absence of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who later said the President's remarks were unbecoming and political in nature "at the BJP's behest".

PM Modi, referring to Murmu, said her insult was an affront to the dignity of the nation's highest constitutional office. "The country and Nari Shakti (women) will not forgi...