BJP Asks Arvind Kejriwal to Pay Rs. 1 Crore as Damages for Defamation New Delhi, July 17:: The BJP has served a legal notice to Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal, accusing him of causing mental agony, harassment and defamation, by accusing the party of horse-trading. It has in its notice demanded Rs. one crore in damages and says, desist and restrain yourself from making false and unsubstantiated allegations forthwith. Mr Kejriwal has made allegations - in radio ads and on Twitter - that the BJP is attempting to form government in Delhi by trying to buy the support of his partys MLAs. Resultant of your aforesaid false and defamatory allegations which is being circulated extensively in the form of Twitter and prerecorded audio messages, BJP has suffered immense damage to its reputation and goodwill amongst the members of the society, the notice by BJP lawmaker RP Singh said. While leaders of the Delhi BJP challenged Mr Kejriwal to furnish evidence to support what they called his baseless allegations, the partys former president and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today, With confidence I can say that the BJP has never engaged in horse-trading and neither will engage in the future. Mr Kejriwal has been agitated for several days now over reports that the BJP plans to stake claim to form government in Delhi, which has been under Presidents Rule ever since he stepped down as Chief Minister after 49 days in power in February. The AAP chief speculated in a series of aggressive tweets this morning whether Delhis Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung would invite the BJP to form government on Thursday.
Posted on: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 18:18:51 +0000
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