Chandigarh: Disgraced former railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal on Sunday had a brush with the media in Chandigarh, barely hours after returning from New Delhi where he quit from the union cabinet. The city press club has sought an apology from him. Bansal got furious when a media person asked him about the companies owned by his family.
"I am not here to give you the definition of my family. You come inside and I will tell you," Bansal told the media person. Bansal was interacting with the media briefly after his arrival in Chandigarh. Following this, the Chandigarh Press Club issued a statement, objecting to the remarks made by Bansal, who is the Chandigarh MP.
"He (media person) has virtually been threatened by Pawan Kumar Bansal at his residence in Chandigarh. The Chandigarh Press Club has taken a serious note of this and it is highly unbecoming of a person of Mr Bansal's stature to intimidate a journalist on duty. The press club demands an unconditional apology from Mr Bansal," the statement said.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Satya Pal Jain also sought an "unqualified apology" from Bansal, while criticising the "highly derogatory and threatening language" used by the former railway minister with the media....
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