{"id":314297,"date":"2019-07-29T07:03:03","date_gmt":"2019-07-29T07:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=314297"},"modified":"2019-07-29T07:03:03","modified_gmt":"2019-07-29T07:03:03","slug":"azam-khan-apologises-for-objectionable-remark-against-bjps-rama-devi-in-lok-sabha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/azam-khan-apologises-for-objectionable-remark-against-bjps-rama-devi-in-lok-sabha\/","title":{"rendered":"Azam Khan apologises for objectionable remark against BJP\u2019s Rama Devi in Lok Sabha"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-314298 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/azam-khan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"794\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/07\/azam-khan.jpg 794w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/07\/azam-khan-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/07\/azam-khan-768x482.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/07\/azam-khan-696x437.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/07\/azam-khan-670x420.jpg 670w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 794px) 100vw, 794px\" \/>Samajwadi Party (SP) MP Azam Khan who sparked controversy over his objectionable comment against BJP MP Rama Devi during the Lok Sabha proceedings last week, apologised to her in the Lok Sabha on Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">As soon as Lok Sabha met today, Speaker Om Birla allowed Khan to speak in the House<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Khan told the House that he really meant it when he described Rama Devi as his sister and had no intention to hurt anyone\u2019s feeling.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cI have been an MLA for nine times, a minister numerous times, a Rajya Sabha member too. I was a parliamentary affairs minister too. I know legislative procedures,\u201d he said. However, if I had done any mistake if my words hurt anyone, I hereby apologise, he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">During the discussion on the Triple Talaq Bill on July 25, Khan made a remark directed at Rama Devi, who was presiding over the House.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">On July 26, numerous members from various parties, including the BJP, NCP, Congress, Trinamool Congress, BJD had urged the House to send a strong message against such conduct.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Union Ministers\u00a0Smriti Irani and Nirmala Sitharaman\u00a0were among the leaders who demanded an apology from the SP leader.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Smriti Irani\u00a0said Azam\u2019s comment was a blot on\u00a0all legislators, including men. We cannot remain silent spectators to it.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Samajwadi Party (SP) MP Azam Khan who sparked controversy over his objectionable comment against BJP MP Rama Devi during the Lok Sabha proceedings last week, apologised to her in the Lok Sabha on Monday. As soon as Lok Sabha met today, Speaker Om Birla allowed Khan to speak in the House Khan told the House [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":314298,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[8835,406],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314297"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314297"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":314299,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314297\/revisions\/314299"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/314298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}