While Anna Hazare's indefinite hunger strike is over, his aide's troubles seem to be beginning. The Gandhian's key aide, Kiran Bedi, would face a privilege motion in Parliament along with actor Om Puri for their remarks taunting the MPs.The motion would be taken up for discussion in the Rajya Sabha on Monday.
Om Puri had launched a no holds barred attack on politicians from the stage at Ramlila Maidan on Friday. He had called politicians crass and uneducated during his address to the crowd at Ramlila Maidan, where Hazare's anti-corruption movement was on last week.
The character actor had to be escorted off the stage by a volunteer as his speech got more and more personal and controversial.
"I feel ashamed when an IAS or IPS officer salutes a ganwar (illiterate) who is a neta (leader). We have more than 50 per cent ganwar leaders. Don't vote for them," Om Puri had said.
Bedi too took potshots at the members of Parliament accusing them of playing double standards. She mocked politicians and even slammed the BJP, which of late came round to support Hazare's Lokpal movement.
In her remarks against the MPs, Bedi had said, "Our politicians are hiding behind a mask. They think and speak. There has been no lathi-charge till now because of Anna. We don't know what will happen after he goes. Till now, Delhi Police is with us, but if they get any demands, we don't know what will happen. We have been tolerating for the past 60 years, how much more do we tolerate?"
Rajya Sabha Members Ram Gopal Yadav (Samajwadi Party) and Mohammed Adeeb (Independent) had moved the privilege motion against the duo for attacking parliamentarians on Saturday.