Bharti faced flak for his statement and later retracted it saying: "I did not mean that. I apologise if the remarks have hurt anyone."
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, acknowledging Bharti's mistake, asked the media "not to hound him" and assured that the minister would "think before speaking in future".
Opposition condemns Bharti for attacking media
New Delhi: Opposition parties Saturday criticised Delhi Law Minister Somnath Bharti for accusing the media of being bought off by BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, a statement he retracted later.While the Bharatiya Janata Party
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