<p>Speaking with reporters, Bhushan said: “I have received the notice and will respond to it. I stand by my statement and don’t think it amounts to breach of privilege.”<br /><br />The renowned lawyer was served notice for alleging that Members of Parliament take bribes to pass laws. Bhushan has been asked to file a reply by September 14.<br /><br />Terming the notice as “totally unjustified”, he said that “speaking the truth in public interest does not amount to breach of privilege”. <br /><br />“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.<br /><br />Former cop Kiran Bedi had already received privilege notice for accusing politicians of wearing “several masks”. <br /><br />Affirming that she stood by whatever she had said, Bedi said on Friday, “If I get an opportunity, I will go before the Committee and will show a bigger mirror to Parliament.”<br /><br />Meanwhile, Kejriwal, to whom the notice was sent through speed-post at his residence in Ghaziabad, could not be reached for comment.<br /></p>
<p>Speaking with reporters, Bhushan said: “I have received the notice and will respond to it. I stand by my statement and don’t think it amounts to breach of privilege.”<br /><br />The renowned lawyer was served notice for alleging that Members of Parliament take bribes to pass laws. Bhushan has been asked to file a reply by September 14.<br /><br />Terming the notice as “totally unjustified”, he said that “speaking the truth in public interest does not amount to breach of privilege”. <br /><br />“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.<br /><br />Former cop Kiran Bedi had already received privilege notice for accusing politicians of wearing “several masks”. <br /><br />Affirming that she stood by whatever she had said, Bedi said on Friday, “If I get an opportunity, I will go before the Committee and will show a bigger mirror to Parliament.”<br /><br />Meanwhile, Kejriwal, to whom the notice was sent through speed-post at his residence in Ghaziabad, could not be reached for comment.<br /></p>
