`Only one minister and media watched porn clip’

Bangalore : The panel that probed porn viewing in the Karnataka assembly has reportedly found only one minister – Laxman Savadi – guilty and given a clean chit to the other two. It arrived at this conclusion after examining the footage which showed that the angle at which Savadi held the phone, enabled only him to have a clear view of the porn clip.

The panel has censured the minister, saying collective responsibility of the cabinet demanded that he share the information with his colleagues. “But he showed little inclination proving that he does not have a big heart,” the report said.

However, members of the panel also felt that the two cameramen who shot the footage from the press gallery also had a good view of the porn clip and has recommended strict action against them. It said : “It is unbecoming of the mediapersons that when they should be recording serious debates inside the House, they were watching porn clips. It shows how low the standards of our media are. If they want to watch porn, they should watch it at their home, not in our House.”

Former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, who is leading a revolt against Sadananda Gowda lamented the fall in standards of debate inside the Assembly. “Because I am not CM, it is the reason why MLAs are looking at other things. Make me the chief minister and I promise there will be quality stuff to watch,” he said, flashing the `V’ sign.

The recommendation to censure the camerapersons has invited the wrath of the media. Starting Tuesday evening, `Times Now’ will do a non-stop 100 hour long coverage of the porn scandal, in which, just like during the election results, Arnab Goswami will be walking and talking and ask pointed questions looking at the camera. 

Reacting to the development, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said, “Action should be taken for raising passions. Look at Trinamool. We took action against Dinesh Trivedi for raising passenger fare.”

Rakhi Sawant, who visited Parliament last week, has now promised to visit Vidhana Soudha in Bangalore. “By Jeejus, by God, I will go to Bangalore. Mere ko bahut insult feel huwa that Karnataka MLAs were watching Iranian women. Shame Shame. Don’t they know Rakhi Sawant? By God. I am sending them DVDs of my `pardesiya yeh sach hai piya sab kehte hai tune mera dil le liya’.”