Speaker mulls action against Om Puri, actor sorry
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Members in both Houses of Parliament have given Privilege notices against actor Om Puri and civil rights activist Kiran Bedi for using 'derogatory and defamatory' language against politicians and the matter is under consideration of the Chair.
In the Rajya Sabha, a member also attacked lawyer activist Prashant Bhushan for reportedly saying that legislations are passed by Parliament after taking bribe.
Puri has, meanwhile, apologised and said he wasn't drunk as some people had said, just emotionally charged.
"I respect the parliament and the costitutional body. I am very proud to be an Indian. It was wrong on my part to use such terms. I wasn't drunk, I was just emotionally charged, such things do come from mouth.....even our politicians at times, in a fit of anger, use such things," Puri said in an interview with a TV channel.
Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar said in the House that notices for moving a Privilege Motion against Puri and Bedi for 'allegedly' using 'derogatory and defamatory' language against politicians have been received.
Kumar said she had received notices from P.L. Punia, Jagadambika Pal, Ramashankar Rajbhar, Lalchand Kataria, Mirza Aslam Beg, Praveen Aron and Shailendra Kumar.
"The matter is under my consideration," Kumar said.
During Anna Hazare's agitation at Ramlila grounds on the Lokpal issue, Puri and Bedi had allegedly targeted politicians and used derogatory and defamatory language against them.
The 60-year-old actor, in a speech on Friday, told the crowd that had gathered that he feels 'ashamed when an IAS or IPS officer salutes a ganwar (illiterate) who is a neta (political leader)'.
"Yeh anpadh hain, inka kya background hai? Aadhe se zyaada MP ganwaar hain...," the well known actor said.
In the Rajya Sabha, Deputy Chairman K Rahman Khan told agitated members that the privilege notices given by Ramgopal Yadav (SP) and Md Adeeb (Ind) were under consideration of the Chairman.
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