Anna Hazare associate Kiran Bedi has made it clear she will not apologise for her remarks against MPs made during the Lokpal campaign at the Ramlila Maidan last week.
"Sorry no apology for being demonstratively a voice of public anguish. Prepared for any punishment," Bedi tweeted.
Bedi and Om Puri face privilege motions for mocking at and passing caustic comments against MPs. The notices were filed in both houses of Parliament on Monday.
Puri, who called MPs "anpadh" (uneducated) and "nalayak" (incompetent), had apologised, but Bedi is defiant.
Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar said she was considering a privilege motion against Puri and Bedi. "The matter is under my consideration. I have received notices on the question of privilege," she said in Lok Sabha.
Bedi had on Friday described MPs as people wearing masks. "This is how they behave. One thing with a mask and another without a mask," she said.
To the great amusement of the crowd at ramlila Maidan, Bedi proceeded to pull a scarf from the neck of a young activist on stage, wrapped her head with it like a 'ghunghat' (veil) and proceeded to mock MPs and their "double-faced utterances".
She even vented her ire on an MP who had come to Ramlila Maidan. "Ask him what is he going to do," she asked the crowd. "They (the MPs) say one thing inside (Parliament) and another thing outside."
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