File photo of Bhagwant Mann.

NEW DELHI/CHANDIGARH: The Lok Sabha secretariat has sought a report on the security implications of Aam Aadmi Party MP Bhagwant Mann posting a video on social media that showed security barriers and even the inside of offices in Parliament.

Mann's 11 minute-odd post sparked a controversy as the video -shot by a camera phone -showed him travelling past security barriers at the approach to Parliament as well as the gate used by vehicles belonging to MPs.

The AAP MP provided a commentary to the video, explaining how the sensors attached to the inside of the car activated boom barriers. The clip also showed the faces of security personnel detailed at the Parliament gate. Sources said the Lok Sabha secretariat had sought a report from the Parliament security establishment which will be placed before Speaker Sumitra Mahajan. "Security implications have to be taken seriously," they said.

Mann claimed he was explaining the processes of Parliament including the method by which notices, motions and questions were balloted. He did not see anything objectionable about his action. "Is it illegal or inappropriate to post a video which shows the procedure of how questions are taken up in Parliament during question hour?" Mann asked.

The MP recording a video on the working of the parliamentary office without revealing that he was doing so attracted criticism from BJP, SAD and Congress members.

Minister for skill development Rajiv Rudy said Mann ought to understand that being an MP was serious business while former home secretary R K Singh said the attack on Parliament should not be forgotten. Posting videos on security arrangements, even if they were not a secret, was irresponsible behaviour, he said.

However, an unrepentant Mann said it was an educational video and he planned to repeat the act. "I did not carry my cellphone into the House to record proceedings," Mann told TOI.

"I only wanted to show people how their issues are raised during question hour through a transparent system of lucky draw, which I follow religiously each day at 8.30 am... Can my short clip pose a threat to the House?" Mann uploaded the video at 8.30 am on Thursday .Eleven hours later at 7.30 pm, it had over one lakh views, 930 shares and 11,000 likes and other reactions. The MP said that in the video, he could be heard appreciating the tight security at Parliament's entrance. "It is an unnecessary controversy being sparked off by the opposition. There was nothing wrong in it and I will do the same thing tomorrow," he added.

SAD MP, from Anandpur Sahib, Prem Singh Chandumajra, said, "It is not just breach of security but also breach of faith. AAP is a party known to do such stunts to stay in the news. MPs are trusted and therefore allowed to carry their cell phones in Parliament. There could be a bigger design behind the leak of security information about Parliament."

