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Team Anna member, Mr Arvind Kejriwal, on Monday sought copies of the tapes of his speech along with the transcripts, indicating the words used by him that offended members of Parliament.
He was replying to the notice sent to him for breach of privilege for allegedly using derogatory words against members of Parliament during the Jan Lokpal Bill agitation in August.
In a letter addressed to the Rajya Sabha Secretariat, Mr Kejriwal said, “It is alleged in this letter/notice that I have used “derogatory words”, which were allegedly “telecast by the Star News Channel”. I have carefully gone through the letter/notice and all annexures thereto. However, the words alleged to have been said by me and found to be “derogatory” by the Hon’ble Members of Parliament have not been intimated to me in the said letter/notice….” He said he would provide a detailed response “only after receiving the above material.”
On Saturday, both Mr Kejriwal and senior lawyer, Mr Prashant Bhushan, were issued privilege notices after some MPs took offence at some of their remarks during the course of Mr Anna Hazare’s fast
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