Lawyer Prashant Bhushan on Saturday received a breach of privilege notice for allegedly using derogatory words against MPs. Bhushan has been asked to respond to the notice by September 14.
He is the second Team Anna member to receive such a notice. Earlier, a privilege motion was moved against former IPS officer Kiran Bedi for her remarks against Parliamentarians.. Another Anna Hazare aide and RTI activist Arvind Kejriwal was on Friday sent an income tax notice asking to pay him dues of Rs.9 lakh.
Bhushan said he has been accused of using derogatory words against MPs and has been asked to file a reply.
Terming the notice as "totally unjustified", he said that "speaking the truth in public interest does not amount to breach of privilege".
"If speaking truth in public interest amounts to breach of privilege, then time has come for the country to review the whole notion of Parliamentary privileges," he said.
After Bedi had received the notice, she had said that she won't "apologise" for her remarks against politicians, but show a "bigger mirror" to the House on the conduct of lawmakers.
"If I get a notice, I would say I am sorry I will not be able to say sorry. If I get an opportunity I will go before the Committee and will show a bigger mirror to Parliament," she had said.
Bedi said whatever she had said was in reference to a situation, where it was needed to be said. "The truth has to be said. I didn't have any other option as we didn't know whether we would have a resolution," she said.
The privilege notice against Bedi came as she accused politicians of wearing "several masks" at the same time, drawing the ire of MPs from both Houses.
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