New Delhi: Anna Hazare's close associate and former Indian Police Service officer Kiran Bedi is back to stoking controversy and has now invoked the name of Mahatma Gandhi to further her cause. Bedi, who is already facing a privilege motion for lampooning MPs and politicians during Hazare's anti-corruption agitation, tweeted that even Mahatma Gandhi had criticised the working of the British Parliament.
Responding to a fellow tweeter, she quoted the Indian Home Rule or Hind Swaraj to say Mahatma Gandhi was unsparing in his critique of the British Parliament.
"Tweeple pl search and read Indian Home Rule or Hind Swaraj pages 27 carrying scathing views of Gandhiji on British Parliament," she tweeted.
She also said that may be the Mahatma's grandson Tushar Gandhi also needs to read the Indian Home Rule to gain a better perspective.
Expressing her angst at Parliament and policies formulated during the British rule, she in fact quotes Anna as sayings: "@eldersforpeople which is why the outcry. Anna used to say 'Gore Chale Gaye aur Kale Reh Gaye (white people have left, but left behind the blacks)".
Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar received the privilege notice against Bedi from PL Punia, Jagadambika Pal, Ramashankar Rajbhar, Lalchand Kataria, Mirza Aslam Beg, Praveen Aron and Shailendra Kumar.
The privilege motion against her has been sent to the Privilege Committee by the Speaker.
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