Team Anna member Prashant Bhushan gets breach of privilege notice
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New Delhi, 03 September 2011: Lawyer Prashant Bhushan on Saturday said he has received a breach of privilege notice for his remarks against parliamentarians, the second Team Anna member to get such a notice, Times Now reported. Bhushan said he has been accused of using derogatory words against MPs and has been asked to file a reply. Terming the notice as "totally unjustified", he told that "speaking the truth in public interest does not amount to breach of privilege".
"If speaking truth in public interest amounts to breach of privilege, then time has come for the country to review the whole notion of parliamentary privileges," he said.
Former IPS officer Kiran Bedi has also received breach of privilege notice for her remarks against parliamentarians.
"Received Breach of Privilege. Shall respond appropriately recording the distrust ’we the people’ were suffering," Bedi had tweeted.
Bedi had said that she will not "apologise" for her remarks against politicians, but intends to show a "bigger mirror" to the House on the conduct of lawmakers.
"If I get a notice, I would say I am sorry I will not be able to say sorry. If I get an opportunity I will go before the committee and will show a bigger mirror to Parliament," she had said.
She said whatever she had said was in reference to a situation, where it was needed to be said. "The truth has to be said. I didn’t have any other option as we didn’t know whether we would have a resolution," she said.
The privilege notice against Kiran Bedi came as she accused politicians of wearing "several masks" at the same time, drawing the ire of MPs from both Houses.
| Comments on this Article | |
| Benedict Noronha, Udupi/Muscat | Sun, September-4-2011, 8:15 |
| It is traditional in this country to have vindictive approach in administration. Mr Prashanth Bhushan having been a member of team Anna, the Government is targetting team Anna membersis not correct. The team Anna has exceeded in their limits by attacking parliament and the M.P.s and made the departments be aware of their own responsibilities. They are now doing their duties which cannot be mis construed. They have had neglected hithernow are awake. One who is in glass house cannot throw stones at others is a all time dictum applicable for all. It is a message that every one follow the law and the rules, which is applicable to all.Mr Prashanth Bhushan who is Supreme Court Advocate , should have known this. | |
| ANIL, Udupi | Sat, September-3-2011, 3:12 |
| In India 99% people are corrupt ,it includes Anna, BABA Ram dev, no one is having clean record. Political is the easy way to do corruption so more people join for politics to do easy money in a short period , for Anna's protest in Delhi thousounds of people joined not for protest the ralley against corruption but coz to get their meal for this day ,if the govenment agree the coditions of Anna , the day will come soon everyone will have sit on past in New Delhi at Ramleela ground to ask his own law for the sake of their own benfit! Then what is the use of Superme Court and the government ? Indian consituition says corrption is crime who did corruption should be punished , | |
| Stany Lobo, Thirlapalke/Dubai | Sat, September-3-2011, 7:53 |
| When you are fingerpointing others you should be clean.Team Anna thinks they can use whatever badwords about politicians whereas nobody should not talk about them. If they are clean why they should be scared of notices/cases against them.The fate of Congress will be decided by people of India and not by team Anna. Corruption can be stopped in India by public awareness and not by makiing any new laws. Even after passing new law corrupt people find some ways so that they will not be caught. | |
| Arun Mendonca, Udupi / K.S.A | Sat, September-3-2011, 3:48 |
| It was expected from UPA Government as they played all these dirty political games when Mr. Anna Hazare was on 13 days long fasting in Delhi and they have burnt their own fingers by not tackling the issue of Mr. Anna Hazares agitation against curruption. Now again they are trying to play same dirty game and target Mrs. Kiran Bedi first >>> then Mr. Arvind Kejriwal second >>> and now to the Lawyer Mr. Prashant Bhushan. Only Time will tell the fate of Congress/UPA Government as next general election is approaching.I feel they are Digging their own Grave. | |
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