07-02-2009, 12:03 AM
<b>Andhra MP booked in slapping incident, Cong orders inquiry</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Hyderabad/New Delhi A Congress MP in the eye of a storm for slapping a rural bank manager in Andhra Pradesh--an incident caught on camera-- has been booked by police and an inquiry was ordered by the party leadership on Wednesday.
M Jagannath, the Congress MP from Nagarkurnool, said he was "sorry" for the incident in Mahabubnagar district on Monday but denied having slapped the manager.
<b>The MP claimed his hand only touched the cheek of Ravinder Reddy</b> <!--emo&:furious--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/furious.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='furious.gif' /><!--endemo--> , a manager of a AP Grameen Vikas bank branch, when he tried to put it round his shoulder.
Employees of the Grameen banks in the Congress-ruled state were up in arms and staged protests in several districts and stopped disbursal of loans under government schemes. The bank branch where the incident happened has threatened to go on strike from Thursday.
Police booked a case against the MP on charges of assault and use of criminal force to deter a public servant from discharge of his duty and said investigation was on.
"We have booked the case on various charges like assault. Investigation is on," a police official said.
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He said he did not intend to slap the bank manager who, he claimed was not disbursing loan amounts to the SC/ST beneficiaries.
<b>The MP, who said he will meet party president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday, claimed he was treated with disrespect because he was a Dalit. </b> <!--emo&:devil--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/devilsmiley.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='devilsmiley.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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He should resign from Parliament or declare Indian Parliament is gathering of criminals.
M Jagannath, the Congress MP from Nagarkurnool, said he was "sorry" for the incident in Mahabubnagar district on Monday but denied having slapped the manager.
<b>The MP claimed his hand only touched the cheek of Ravinder Reddy</b> <!--emo&:furious--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/furious.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='furious.gif' /><!--endemo--> , a manager of a AP Grameen Vikas bank branch, when he tried to put it round his shoulder.
Employees of the Grameen banks in the Congress-ruled state were up in arms and staged protests in several districts and stopped disbursal of loans under government schemes. The bank branch where the incident happened has threatened to go on strike from Thursday.
Police booked a case against the MP on charges of assault and use of criminal force to deter a public servant from discharge of his duty and said investigation was on.
"We have booked the case on various charges like assault. Investigation is on," a police official said.
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He said he did not intend to slap the bank manager who, he claimed was not disbursing loan amounts to the SC/ST beneficiaries.
<b>The MP, who said he will meet party president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday, claimed he was treated with disrespect because he was a Dalit. </b> <!--emo&:devil--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/devilsmiley.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='devilsmiley.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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He should resign from Parliament or declare Indian Parliament is gathering of criminals.