Sangrur MP Mann defends 'Bhagat Singh Terrorist' statement

SAD (Amritsar) president and Sangrur MP Simranjit Singh Mann on Monday defended his recent remark calling freedom fighter Bhagat Singh a "terrorist", and also said "there should be a separate country for Sikhs". Mann, who was elected to Lok Sabha from Punjab's Sangrur in last month's bypolls, took oath in Speaker Om Birla's chamber in the name of the Constitution and vowed commitment to the integrity of the country.

Several Congress members from Punjab opposed Mann taking oath in the Speaker's office. Three other new members were administered the oath in the Lok Sabha chamber.