Amid the serious face-off between the Opposition and the Government in the lok Sabha over the CBI raids on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s Principal Secretary, there was a moment when the political differences blurred.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered a glass of water to AAP MP Bhagwant Mann, who was protesting against the raids. This, after Mann, who was shouting slogans in the Well, felt uneasy and was apparently looking for water on the table of lok Sabha secretariat officials who sit in the Well.
A smiling Modi offered him the glass of water kept on his table which the AAP member readily drank. The two exchanged smiles before Mann kept the glass on the table and the PM put the cover on it. Several BJP members thumped their desks at the PM’s gesture.
Mann, thereafter, continued with anti-government slogans.
Mann, along with several Congress members, were protesting inside the Well soon after the Speaker disallowed their notices of motions to adjourn the Question Hour on various issues including role of Arunachal Pradesh Governor. The Question Hour continued amidst the din.
The AAP MP from Sangrur constituency in Punjab had been showing a bunch of papers to Speaker Sumitra Mahajan to attract her attention. At one point, the Speaker warned Mann and said his behaviour was “not good”.