Lok Sabha MPs, a privilege notice against Om Puri and Kiran Bedi

Lok Sabha MPs, too, moved a privilege notice on Monday against Bollywood actor Om Puri and former IPS office Kiran Bedi for mocking and lampooning members of Parliament during the Lokpal stir at the Ramlila Maidan. A similar notice had been moved by some Rajya Sabha MPs against Om Puri on.

Saturday. The actor has apologised while Ms Bedi tweeted that she would not apologise and was ready to face “any punishment”.
Speaker Meira Kumar informed the Lok Sabha on Monday that she had received notices from several MPs against Ms Bedi and Mr Puri and that the matter is under her consideration. Rajya Sabha members urged the vice-chairman to forward the notice against Om Puri to the privileges committee.
The SP’s Ram Gopal Yadav and JD(U)’s Shiva-nand Tiwari as well as BSP MP S.C. Mishra were among those who pressed for the forwarding of the notice.
Raising the issue during Zero Hour, Mr Yadav sought strict action against Om Puri for showing disrespect to Parliament and its members. Mr Khan assured the House that the matter is under the consideration of the Chair and the sense of the House will be conveyed to the Chairman.
Mr Yadav’s retort to Om Puri’s barbs was: “Mughal emperor Akbar was illiterate, Microsoft founder Bill Gates is a college dropout and Dhirubhai Ambani had only school education. But can we rule out their contributions? We were called illiterates, ill-mannered and what not by those making speeches... They not only insulted us but Parliament too...”