Press Council of India chairperson Justice (retd) Markandey Katju on Saturday apologised to people whose feelings he may have hurt by his "90 per cent of Indians are fools" remark or other statements. 90 per cent of Indians are idiots: Markandey Katju "Some people have been aggrieved by my statement that 90 per cent Indians are fools and some other statements. In this connection I wish to state these statements were made in a specific context,and were never intended to hurt anyone's feeling," Katju said. Lot of mediocre journalists around: Katju "However,if anyone's feelings have been hurt by these statements or any other statements of mine I apologise for the same," he said. Katju takes a dig at Modi,calls him anti-national "From time to time people have been bringing to my notice that the language I use may have been harsh. So if it has hurt some feelings,I thought it fit to apologise," he said. Katju had made the controversial comments in December,2012. His remarks had evoked angry reactions following which Katju had issued a clarification,saying the remark had been made to generate awareness.
