My remarks were misconstrued: Salman Khurshid

Last Updated: Saturday, October 20, 2012, 15:37

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Tags: Salman Khurshid, Farrukhabad, Arvind Kejriwal, India Against Corruption

New Delhi: Law Minister Salman Khurshid on Saturday said his remarks in Farrukhabad earlier this week had been misconstrued and he had not threatened India Against Corruption (IAC) activist Arvind Kejriwal over his plans to visit his parliamentary constituency.

Speaking to television news channel NDTV, Khurshid said the media had not shown the entire clip of his speech. "You did not show the entire clip. Someone wants to misunderstand me, why does the media misunderstand me," Khurshid asked.

Khurshid, whose remarks were disapproved by the Congress, said he had sought to convey that the people of Farrukabad would stand by him. "If you come to attack, you will see the strength I have," Khurshid said, and added that people attacking him in his constituency will come back with a baggage.

Asked about Kejriwal perceiving his remarks as a threat to his life, Khurshid said: "They must perceive something to keep politics alive."

Khurshid took exception to IAC activist Prashant Bhushan likening him to a "mafia don" and demanding his arrest and wondered if he did not have a reason to be "indignant, disturbed".

Asked about the impending cabinet reshuffle, Khurshid shot back: "You want me to go."

The minister said the media also should be careful about its own ethics. "Principles of journalistic ethics have been violated. Feeding frenzy is going to lead the country to disaster. Are we going towards chaos?" he said.

Referring to Kejriwal and his team, Khurshid said they do not trust a government probe "but when it comes to them, they can appoint their own people. Not everything is bad. Simply that we do not have perfection does not mean we are not good at all."

In his remarks at a meeting in Farrukhabad Tuesday, Khurshid said: "I was told work with a pen and was made a law minister. I will work with a pen, but also with blood."

Referring to Kejriwal's threat to campaign against him in Farrukhabad, the minister told his cheering supporters: "Let him come to Farrukhabad, and let us see how he returns."

IANS

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First Published: Saturday, October 20, 2012, 15:37

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Rajendra Sharma - Raiwala/Dehradun
``Let him come to Farrukhabad, and let us see how he returns.``This is simple English and understandable by all including non Oxfordians provided it means something different in Oxford. When you say “ people of Farrukabad would stand by me”, do you mean to say that you are the Law minister of Farrukabad only. I f you have done nothing wrong, the people of the whole of country would stand by you. You are comparing yourself with an activist who reffered ‘mafia don’- Mr Khurshid you must understand that as a law minister, your words carry more weight and you in this capacity have to be careful in ing your words in public, Pen and Blood is not expected from you.

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yogin - ahmedabad
Dear Editors , We would like to ask you that all politician like khurshidsaheb , saradpwar shaheb , manish tiwariji, ajit pawarshaheb,nitin gadkariji , navin jindal shaheb , p chidambaram , manmohanji , can not be corrupt , they have already proved themselves and they allready for any investifations also , and as per their white cloths they all are very pureply , some wrong alligations are there on them , but they all will definetly prove that they are clean and have not mislead the nation because they are true country lover and they are borned for the national integraty , piece , development of the nation and the development done by the congress in this 5 years , was not possible at all , but they have done it and as per records , development speeds of the congress is highest in the world , in any country such speedy development have been not done till now , the kejriwal team has given misleadgin statement to media , and if any such allegations are proved wrong will kejriwal be put behind bars for his entire life or he will hang till death on immediate basis , can you answer this question

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rajeev goel - Noida
NO COMMENTS!! READERS ARE SCARED OF PEN AND THE BLOOD THAT THE LAW MINISTER OF INDIA NOW USES TO FIGHT HIS ADVERSARIES. ALL TV CHANNELS AIRED HIM SHOUTING AND THREATENING THAT HE WOULD NOW PLAY WITH BLOOD. YET HE HAS THE AUDACITY TO CHANGE HIS VERSION AFTER HIS BUTTS WERE HEATED BY BY THE CONGRESS BIG BOYS AND WOMEN FOR FEAR OF SOME MORE EXPOSE.

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D.N.MAKHIJA - DELHI....INDIA
WE SHOULD BE VERY THANKFUL TO MEDIA WHO SHOWED HIS CLIPS REPEATED WHAT HE WAS SAYING IN PUBLIC.........HE AND HIS SUPPORTERS WERE SPEAKING LIKE A DON