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Shinde forced to apologise to Jaya Bachchan in
Rajya Sabha
Thursday August 09, 2012 08:26:29 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Home
Minister Sushilkumar Shinde Thursday had to retract his remarks
and apologise to Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan for a remark on
her Bollywood background while replying to a discussion in the
Rajya Sabha on the violence in Assam.
Shinde, who was responding to the discussion as home minister for
the first time, took objection to Bachchan interrupting him and
said it was not a subject of films.
"Listen to me, my sister. It is a matter of concern... It is not a
subject of film," Shinde said.
The comment enraged Bachchan and several other members triggering
an uproar in the house.
"I strongly object to this comment," an outraged Bachchan
retorted.
She was backed by Leader of Opposition Arun Jaitley, who wanted
Shinde's comment to be deleted.
"This is a house where people, who are achievers in a lot of
fields, become members. Jayaji is an achiever in her field, the
home minister of India cannot use it as a taunt," he said.
Jaitley said it was a matter of pride that Bachchan was a member
of the upper house.
The BJP leader said the home minister should make amends and
withdraw his comments so that the house proceedings could resume.
Amid uproar from SP and other opposition members, Shinde tried to
clarify his remarks. "I know her whole family, I respect her a
lot. I am also from Mumbai."
The actor-turned-politician refused to be pacified. "I cannot
accept this," Bachchan said.
Shinde then said: "I apologise, she is my sister." He agreed that
the remark should be deleted from the records.
The home minister concluded his reply abruptly amid protests by
opposition members. BJP leaders later said the minister had
repeated his reply given in the Lok Sabha Wednesday.
A minister later sought to play down the faux pas by the minister,
who has replaced Pranab Mukherjee as Leader of the House in the
Lok Sabha.
"What he (Shinde) was trying to say was that it (solution to Assam
riots) was not like a film which will end in three hours," the
minister told IANS.
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