AAP MP says sorry; LS Speaker still unhappy
posted on Jul 22, 2016 @ 4:51PM
An unconditional apology was tendered by the Aam Aadmi Party MP Bhagwant Mann on Friday to the Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan for posting a Facebook Live video of Parliament, putting its security at risk. But the speaker has refused to accept Mann’s apology. Sumitra Mahajan met Mann and expressed her displeasure over the video he shot and posted on social media. "I am taking the matter seriously. Action will be taken against Bhagwant Mann," the Lok Sabha Speaker said after a 20-minute meeting with him.
In the nearly 12 minute video, Mann gives a running commentary as his vehicle crosses security barricades and enters Parliament. "I'll today show you something you would not have seen earlier," he says. Prior to the meeting, Mann defended himself saying he recorded the video to explain the process of questioning in Zero Hour to his constituents. He said that people in his constituency complained that their issues were not being raised in the Parliament.