Remember the infamous pepper attack on February 13 in the Lok Sabha, when the then Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde sought to introduce the AP Reorganisation Bill, involving the then MP from the combined state of Andhra Pradesh Lagadapati. Rajagopal?
A Supreme Court lawyer and a resident of Vijayawada, K. Shravan Kumar has been relentlessly pursuing the matter at various levels through Right to Information (RTI) representations to the Lok Sabha Secretariat as well as Delhi Police.
On November 16, the Lok Sabha Secretariat in a reply to his representation made on October 10, 2016, gave a flat reply. It reads, “It is stated that due to dissolution of 15th Lok Sabha on 18 May 2014, all matters pending before the Committees/House lapse. Consequently, this matter referred to the Committee of Privileges also stands lapsed and no recommendations in the matter were given by the Committee.’ On Monday, Mr. Kumar told The Hindu over the phone: “I am going to file an appeal on the latest reply I have received from the Lok Sabha Secretariat.”
Mr. Rajagopal had defended his action saying he sprayed pepper in self-defence.
