Union minister Beni Prasad Verma on Wednesday expressed regret over his controversial remarks made against Mulayam Singh Yadav.”I am sorry if my remarks have hurt anybody’s sentiments,” Beni told reporters after meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.Meanwhile Mulayam Singh Yadav met prime minister and later said that “The decision on Beni will be discussed at party’s parliamentary meet on Thursday morning”.

Last week at a public rally in Uttar Pradesh Beni had made certain remarks against Yadav, Later he had said he stood by his statement that Mulayam allegedly had “terrorist links”. Beni had stuck to his guns even as Congress had snubbed him in an apparent bid to mollify SP, which is supporting the government from outside.

Parliament witnessed uproar over Verma’s remarks as SP members stormed the Well in both the Houses and demanded the minister’s resignation.UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi reached out the Mulayam Singh Yadav when the Lok Sabha witnessed an adjournment. Home minister Sushilkumar Shinde also met Yadav separately.The two leaders are learnt to have conveyed to Yadav that the Congress party disapproved of Verma’s utterances.

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