Mann gets two days to change reply given to Parliament panel

NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party’s parliamentarian Bhagwant Mann — accused of breaching Parliament security — got two days to change his written reply to the Lok Sabha panel, which is probing his act to suggest action.

In a five-page letter to the nine-member MPs’ panel, Mann maintained that Prime Minister Narendra Modi be called before it for compromising national security. When Mann appeared before the panel on Thursday afternoon, chairman Kirit Somaiya slammed him for dragging the PM while tendering ‘most humble apology’ for uploading a video that showed his journey from his Delhi home to Parliament.

“You are damaging your case,” Somaiya warned.

Mann maintained that he didn’t violate any law. He questioned why broadcast vans are “habitually stationed” near the main gate—seen in his video— and claimed the virtual House tour in Lok Sabha website also shows what’s inside Parliament, after being accused of exposing the route to enter Parliament.