Close X
Thursday, December 12, 2024
ADVT 
India

Political Twist Being Given To Apology For Parliament Live Streaming: Bhagwant Mann

Darpan News Desk IANS, 26 Jul, 2016 12:44 PM
    Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader from Punjab Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday accused the Centre and other opposition parties of giving a political twist to his apology to Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan with regard to his controversial live streaming of parliament.
     
    Addressing media in New Delhi, Mann said, “My apology has not been accepted. It is being given a political twist and colour. The opposition and my rivals are saying that my membership of parliament should be terminated; that I am a danger to this country.”
     
    Referring to his apology for live streaming his arrival in parliament on Facebook last week, Mann said, “So, I tendered an apology in writing, saying that It was unintentional and I was only trying to make an educational video.”
     

    “I explained my stand to LS Speaker, and she said what I did was not right and I should apologise,” he added.
     
    Mann was speaking a day after Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan announced a nine member panel to probe the incident. On Tuesday, it was expected that Mann would appear before the panel to give his defence of the episode, but he did not.
     
    He has, however, downplayed the controversy surrounding the live streaming of his arrival at parliament, and demanded Prime Minister Narendra Modi be expelled for compromising national security by allowing a team from Pakistan to investigate the Pathankot Air Force base after a terror attack in January this year.
     
    Extremely upset with the flurry of criticism against him by the opposition parties, Mann said that this was a political conspiracy aimed at maligning the AAP’s reputation ahead of the Punjab Assembly polls.
     
    On his intention behind making the video, Mann said that he just wanted to make the people of the nation aware that how their grievances are picked up for discussion in the Parliament.
     
    Mann has consistently maintained that he never wanted to jeopardise Parliament’s security. He says that he belives that the people who have elected Members of Parliament have every right to know how their issues are raised in both Houses.

    MORE India ARTICLES

    10 School Kids Killed In Up Train-Van Smash-up, Kin To Get Damages

    10 School Kids Killed In Up Train-Van Smash-up, Kin To Get Damages
    The accident occurred at Kairmau on the Varanasi-Allahabad rail section, an official told

    10 School Kids Killed In Up Train-Van Smash-up, Kin To Get Damages

    Raj Thackeray Favours 'Sharia-type' Law To Tackle Rape

    Raj Thackeray Favours 'Sharia-type' Law To Tackle Rape
    Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) President Raj Thackeray on Monday advocated a stringent Sharia-type law to tackle heinous crimes like rape against women and minors.

    Raj Thackeray Favours 'Sharia-type' Law To Tackle Rape

    Congress Lawmakers To Quit If SC Ruling On SYL Canal Goes Against Punjab

    Congress Lawmakers To Quit If SC Ruling On SYL Canal Goes Against Punjab
    Amarinder Singh said that the Congress legislators had unanimously agreed to the move to resign en masse. He said that he would also resign from Lok Sabha if the SYL ruling goes against Punjab.

    Congress Lawmakers To Quit If SC Ruling On SYL Canal Goes Against Punjab

    Judith D'Souza Rescued From Captors In Afghanistan Returns Home

    Judith D'Souza Rescued From Captors In Afghanistan Returns Home
    Judith called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj soon after her arrival to India from Kabul.

    Judith D'Souza Rescued From Captors In Afghanistan Returns Home

    Ludhiana Teen Dares Hafiz Saeed Says Will Hoist Tricolour In Srinagar's On August 15

    Ludhiana Teen Dares Hafiz Saeed Says Will Hoist Tricolour In Srinagar's On August 15
    Jhanvi Behal, the 15-year-old girl from Ludhiana, who made it to the headlines after challenging JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar to a debate on freedom of speech and expression

    Ludhiana Teen Dares Hafiz Saeed Says Will Hoist Tricolour In Srinagar's On August 15

    Harsimrat Badals's Act Was 'Cheap Political Drama': Renuka Chowdhury

    Harsimrat Badals's Act Was 'Cheap Political Drama': Renuka Chowdhury
    Congress leader Renuka Chowdhury responded to SAD MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal's claims of moving a privilege motion against two Congress leaders who allegedly called her garbage.

    Harsimrat Badals's Act Was 'Cheap Political Drama': Renuka Chowdhury