Lawyer association chief causes flutter in Par panel meeting

A lawyer's association chief here today caused a flutter when he made some remarks against politicians during a meeting of Parliamentary Standing Committee on law and justice, prompting calls for apology by the members.
The members of the committee led by E M Sudarsana Natchiappan were taken aback when the President of one of the lawyers association of the Madras High Court Bench here alleged politicians were only interested in 'election, selection and collection'.
As the MPs objected to his conduct and demanded an apology, the lawyer said it was only his personal opinion and not that of his association and refused to apologise.

He later walked out of the meeting. However, members of his association apologised for the remarks made by him.
Committee members, including MPs A Sampath and Varaprasadha Rao, who strongly objected to the comments, were pacified by other lawyers.
Natchiappan said it was a small issue and should not be magnified.