Updated On: 25 October, 2012 07:22 AM IST | | Agencies
Less than 24 hours after his purported threat to the media, Himachal Pradesh Congress chief Virbhadra Singh on Wednesday took a U-turn and said he respected the media. "I respect the media and my intention was not to hurt anybody," Singh told reporters.
Irked over allegations of income tax evasion and money laundering, Singh had threatened the media on Tuesday evening saying, “I will break the cameras” when journalists asked him about the allegations levelled by the BJP.
Later, the Congress apologised for his behaviour. Dismissing the charges as “baseless”, the five-time chief minister told TV news channels during campaigning in Kullu district: “I will deal with all these issues after the election are over November 4.”