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NEW DELHI, MAY 10
Going into damage control mode after her statement on migrants from Bihar and UP snowballed into a controversy, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today offered her apology and said the capital was home to people from every part of the country.
"I have already clarified my position. I have no intention of hurting the sentiments of anybody," Dikshit told a hurriedly called press conference here.
She said she was fully aware of the contribution made by people coming from outside, especially from UP and Bihar, in the development of Delhi, adding her statement had been distorted in a section of the media.
"I am sorry to learn that the Lok Sabha was agitated over my alleged statement and the House could not discharge its functions," Dikshit said.
"Delhi is the national capital and is a home for people from every part of the country," she added.
Dikshit said she wanted to unequivocally state that she did not hurt the sentiments of any section of people of Delhi. "I sincerely regret and extend my apology for this unfortunate happening," she said.
The Chief Minister's statement about migrants from Bihar and UP, made at a function yesterday to lay the foundation stone for flyovers, triggered a political furore, with the opposition BJP as well as her dissidents in Congress grabbing the opportunity to attack her.
The issue also reverberated in Parliament today, with both Houses getting adjourned after they witnessing uproarious scenes over it.
"I repeat Delhi has become a centre of attraction for people coming from different regions over the centuries and it has truly become a cosmopolitan in its nature and character," she said.
Dikshit earlier today met External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, who is also Leader of Lok Sabha and Parliamentary Affairs Minister P R Dasmunsi to clarify her stand in the matter.
She is learnt to have given a CD of her speech made yesterday to the two leaders.
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