New Delhi: Taking a strong view on Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Bhagwant Mann videographing Parliament security, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan has ruled out the possibility of the Sangrur legislator being unaware of the rules.
Speaking to CNN-News18 Sumitra Mahajan said, "We train all new MPs for two days when they come here for the first time. We give them a copy of the Constitution and the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha rule books. They are made aware of all this (the dos and donts)."
The Speaker, earlier in the day, set up a nine-member committee to look into Mann's action. The AAP MP had claimed that he was only making an educational video and had no intention of jeopardising Parliament security.
Addressing Lok Sabha immediately after it assembled on Monday morning, Mahajan said, "The inquiry committee shall inquire into the serious security implications and related aspects (and) suggest suitable remedial measures to avoid recurrence of such incidents in future and recommend appropriate action in the matter."
The committee headed by BJP MP Kirit Somaya is scheduled to have its first meeting at 5 pm on Monday. Sources in the Speaker's office pointed out that the all party committee has deliberately left out Shiromani Akali Dal MPs so that allegations of bias is not made.
Mann's home state Punjab goes to election in 2017 and SAD is locked in a bitter electoral battle with Aam Aadmi Party.
The other members of the committee are Anandrao Adsul from Shiv Sena, Meenakshi Lekhi and Satya Pal Singh from BJP, Barhatruhari Mahtab of Biju Janata Dal, Ratna De Nag of Trinamool Congress and KC Venugopal of Congress.
The committee has time till August 3 to file its report but the Speaker's office pointed out that with holidays and weekends the committee has only six days effectively to recommend action against Mann.
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