The controversy over Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MP D.N.V. Senthilkumar’s disparaging reference to the Hindi-speaking States continued to simmer on Wednesday, forcing at least one adjournment of the House, despite a formal apology tendered by the MP on the floor of the Lok Sabha.
During Tuesday’s Lok Sabha debate on the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, Mr. Senthilkumar made some objectionable references to Hindi-speaking States which were later expunged from the record.
A day later, Union Ministers Piyush Goyal and Pralhad Joshi demanded that T.R. Baalu, the DMK’s leader in the Lok Sabha, should first apologise for Mr. Kumar’s remarks from the previous day.
