Minister hits back

IN Media Watch Briefs | 07/08/2011

In a strange move, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna has served a legal notice on Press Trust of India (PTI) for reporting that he appeared to be absent minded when called upon to make a statement by the Lok Sabha Speaker. PTI had reported that when Speaker Meira Kumar called Krishna to make statement yesterday on the situation in Sri Lanka, he was not in his seat and was engaged in conversation with some members in the aisle. The notice, demanding a public apology, termed the report "completely false" and "malicious".

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