A day after the Congress and BJP MPs took on each other over an alleged incident in Madhya Pradesh, lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Wednesday admitted that her office had made certain mistakes in recording the statement regarding the alleged remarks by some BJP members against Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia two days ago.
The Congress leader had alleged that BJP MPs Veerendra Kumar, Manohar Utwal and Nand Kumar Chauhan had levelled certain "baseless allegations" against him that pertained to the Dalit community.
Mentioning the issue during the Zero Hour, Mahajan said Veerendra Kumar had not made any direct allegation against Scindia.
"Ismein thodi si galti hamari office ki bhi thi (There was some mistake on the part of my office too)," Mahajan said, adding that certain deletions were made by the office in the "uncorrected statement" amidst the din.
"When I had asked the officers to delete the names, they had by mistake deleted the entire sentence," she said.
Scindia then said the context was "about me", but could not be heard any further in the din. Mahajan was then heard saying she was ready to show the recordings to him.
On Tuesday, Scindia had offered to quit the lok Sabha if the allegations by the BJP MPs that he was against Dalits were proved. He had also said that these MPs should quit if they were unable to prove their charges and also demanded a public apology from them.
"They (BJP MPs) have been making wrong and baseless allegations against me for the past few days. ... My image has been tarnished. I seek your protection," he had told Mahajan.